Validity and reliability of the Persian version of problematic pornography consumption scale among social networking sites users

research shows applying the Persian version of problematic pornography consumption for social network users. But could we examine the validity and reliability of this scale among social network users.

The purpose of the present research was to examine the validity and reliability of the Persian version of problematic pornography consumption scale among social networking sites users.

This descriptive -Survey study was performed by online survey among social networking sites users during october to december 2018. Four hundred and eight people were selected via voluntary-responses and convenience sampling. In this research, the applied instruments were the pornography use(Carroll and colleague, 2018) and problematic pornography consumption scale (Bőthe and colleague, 2018). Data were analyzed using Cronbach’s alpha and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA).

The coefficients obtained for salience, mood modification, conflict, tolerance, relapse, withdrawal and total scale, were respectively, 0/71, 0/80, 0/68, 0/84, 0/88, 0/80 and 0/94, which indicate a good reliability. Results of confirmatory factor analysis indicated that significant relationship between observed variables (questions) and the latent structures (factors) confirmed, and the six-factor in this sample was appropriate fitness (GFI= 0/92, AGFI= 0/88, CFI= 0/96, RMSEA= 0/06).

 Persian version of problematic pornography consumption scale among the social networking sites users has good reliability and validity, and use of this tool in future research is reliable.