Problematic Pornography Consumption Scale.

PPCS

What it measures

Problematic pornography use via the six core addiction components - salience, mood modification, conflict, tolerance, relapse, withdrawal

Length and format

18 (PPCS); 6 (PPCS-6 short form). 7-point frequency (never-all the time, 1-7); six 3-item factors + total; cut-off ~76/126 (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Many languages incl. EN, ES, DE, IT, ZH, FA, TR; broadly validated

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

open with attribution

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Reference

Bothe, B., Toth-Kiraly, I., Zsila, A., et al. (2018). The development of the Problematic Pornography Consumption Scale (PPCS). Journal of Sex Research, 55(3), 395-406.