Assessment
name: Problematic Pornography Use Scale
(PPUS)
Scale
overview: The Problematic
Pornography Use Scale (PPUS) is a 12-item self-report instrument focused on
problems linked to viewing pornography (Kor et al., 2014a; 2014b).
Authors: Ariel Kors and others
Response
Type: Items are rated
on a six-point scale of truth values (0 = Never True, 1 = Rarely True, 2 =
Sometimes True, 3 = Often True, 4 = Very Often True, 5 = Almost Always True).
Scale
items
The
researchers identified four factors: Excessive Use, Use to Escape/Avoid
Negative Emotions, Self-control Difficulties, Distress and Functional Problems.
Each factor is measured with three items.
Psychometric
properties
Internal
consistency values were good to high and there is evidence supporting construct
and convergent validity.
Availability: See Kor et al. 2014a for the list
of items linked to each factor.
Reference
for the scale
Kor, A., Zilcha-Mano, S., Fogel, Y. A., Mikulincer, M.,
Reid, R. C., & Potenza, M. N. (2014a). Problematic Pornography Use Scale
[Database record]. Retrieved from PsycTESTS. doi:
https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/t32415-000
Kor, A., Zilcha-Mano, S., Fogel, Y. A., Mikulincer, M.,
Reid, R. C., & Potenza, M. N. (2014b). Psychometric development of the
Problematic Pornography Use Scale. Addictive Behaviors, 39(5), 861-868.
doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.01.027
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