Attachment Styles as Mediators Between Self- Perceived Addiction to Pornography and Psychological Distress: Findings and Implications from a Romanian Cross-Sectional Study

Tudor-Daniel Huțul (), Andreea Huțul () and Adina Karner-Huțuleac ()
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Tudor-Daniel Huțul: "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași, Romania
Andreea Huțul: "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași, Romania
Adina Karner-Huțuleac: "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași, Romania

Logos Universalitate Mentalitate Educatie Noutate - Sectiunea Stiinte Sociale/ Logos Universality Mentality Education Novelty - Section: Social Sciences, 2025, vol. 14, issue 1, 52-71

Abstract: The present research aimed to examine the relationship between self-perceived addiction to pornography and psychological distress related to pornography use in a Romanian sample, highlighting the potential indirect effects of the three attachment styles (i.e., anxious, avoidant, and secure) on this relationship. The study involved 659 Romanian volunteers (M = 26.83, SD = 9.61), the majority of whom identified as female (75.4%). Our findings revealed that psychological distress related to pornography use was positively associated with anxious attachment, avoidant attachment, and self-perceived addiction to pornography, and negatively associated with secure attachment. Regarding the mediation models, avoidant attachment exhibited a significant indirect effect in the relationship between self-perceived addiction to pornography and psychological distress. Secure attachment also has a significant indirect effect, whereas anxious attachment did not show a statistically significant mediating effect. The study discusses both theoretical and practical implications of these findings.

Keywords: attachment style; self-perceived addiction to pornography; psychological distress related to the use of pornography; pornography use; Romania. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I2 I25 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.18662/lumenss/14.1/115

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