But the researchers showed that four percent of users addicted to watching porn movies.
They have developed a five-minute test to help you find out if they have a "problematic" with pornography online relationship.
Researchers from Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary found that four percent of porn users have an unhealthy addiction (stock image)
The test asked participants to reflect on the importance of porn on their daily lives, and how they would feel if they were prevented from watching it.
"We have identified an optimal threshold to distinguish between users of pornography problematic and harmless," the psychologists of the University Eötvös Lorand of Hungary said in a research paper.
"The PPC is a multidimensional scale of problematic use of pornography with a theoretical base solid which also has strong psychometricproperties in terms of factorial structure and reliability."
ARE YOU ADDICTED TO PORN? TAKE THE TEST
Answer the 17 questions below, rating them by how much you feel they apply to you from 1 to 7, where:1 = never, 2 = rarely, 3 = occasionally, 4 = sometimes, 5 = often, 6 = very often, 7 = all the time.
1. I felt that porn is an important part of my life.
2. I used porn to restore the tranquillity of my feelings.
3. I felt porn caused problems in my sexual life
4. I felt that I had to watch more and more porn for satisfaction.
5. I unsuccessfully tried to reduce the amount of porn I watch.
6. I became stressed when something prevented me from watching porn.
7. I thought about how good it would be to watch porn.
8. Watching porn got rid of my negative feelings.
9. Watching porn prevented me from bringing out the best in me.
10. I felt that I needed more and more porn in order to satisfy my needs.
11. When I vowed not to watch porn any more, I could only do it for a short period of time.
12. I became agitated when I was unable to watch porn.
13. I continually planned when to watch porn.
14. I released my tension by watching porn.
15. I gradually watched more ‘extreme’ porn, because the porn I watched before was less satisfying.
16. I resisted watching porn for only a little while before I relapsed.
17. I missed porn greatly when I didn't watch it for a while.
Add the scores for all the questions together. A score of 76 or higher suggests problematic levels of pornography use.
This group scored low with compulsivity, intensity of efforts to access pornography.
And it was mostly women and people in relationships.
Distressed: Watched an average of 17 minutes a week.
However, watching pornographic content was found to cause these individuals emotional stress.
Compulsive: Watched an average of 110 minutes a week and was mostly men.
This groups' behavior may be a result of compulsive sexuality that includes avoidance of sexual interactions with a partner.
A similar study by researchers at Laval University in Quebec found that porn users fall into three categories, which includes recreational, depressed or compulsive.
They found that about 12 percent of porn users could be considered"compulsive".
This group "was characterized by high scores on the compulsivity topornography and the intensity of efforts to access pornography andmoderate scores on emotional shocks associated with the use of
child pornography".
"The compulsive profile consisted of a greater proportion of men who have spent the most time with child pornography (that is to say, average ¼ of 110 minutes per week),"shared in the study searches. "
"They reported the highest level of compulsivity pornography, the intensity of physical access sex and more emotional efforts related to the use of child pornography."
Lit-up: The brain scans of compulsive porn users (pictured bottom), show more pronounced stimulation when watching x-rated material when compared to those not addicted (pictured top)
An earlier study found compulsive porn users show the same signs of addiction in their brain that those hooked on alcohol or drugs.
Dr. Valerie Voon, a neuroscientist at the University of Cambridge, specializing in addiction, studied 19 self-confessed compulsive users of child pornography.
The men, aged 19 to 34, had tried and failed to break their habit andhad thus lost relationships and employment.
All feed their habit using pornography online. When they were shown erotic video clips, a part of their brains lit up called the ventral striatum.
1. I felt that porn is an important part of my life.
2. I used porn to restore the tranquillity of my feelings.
3. I felt porn caused problems in my sexual life
4. I felt that I had to watch more and more porn for satisfaction.
5. I unsuccessfully tried to reduce the amount of porn I watch.
6. I became stressed when something prevented me from watching porn.
7. I thought about how good it would be to watch porn.
8. Watching porn got rid of my negative feelings.
9. Watching porn prevented me from bringing out the best in me.
10. I felt that I needed more and more porn in order to satisfy my needs.
11. When I vowed not to watch porn any more, I could only do it for a short period of time.
12. I became agitated when I was unable to watch porn.
13. I continually planned when to watch porn.
14. I released my tension by watching porn.
15. I gradually watched more ‘extreme’ porn, because the porn I watched before was less satisfying.
16. I resisted watching porn for only a little while before I relapsed.
17. I missed porn greatly when I didn't watch it for a while.
Add the scores for all the questions together. A score of 76 or higher suggests problematic levels of pornography use.
THE THREE TYPES OF PORN USER
Recreational: Watched an average of 24 minutes a week.This group scored low with compulsivity, intensity of efforts to access pornography.
And it was mostly women and people in relationships.
Distressed: Watched an average of 17 minutes a week.
However, watching pornographic content was found to cause these individuals emotional stress.
Compulsive: Watched an average of 110 minutes a week and was mostly men.
This groups' behavior may be a result of compulsive sexuality that includes avoidance of sexual interactions with a partner.
They found that about 12 percent of porn users could be considered"compulsive".
This group "was characterized by high scores on the compulsivity topornography and the intensity of efforts to access pornography andmoderate scores on emotional shocks associated with the use of
child pornography".
"The compulsive profile consisted of a greater proportion of men who have spent the most time with child pornography (that is to say, average ¼ of 110 minutes per week),"shared in the study searches. "
"They reported the highest level of compulsivity pornography, the intensity of physical access sex and more emotional efforts related to the use of child pornography."
Lit-up: The brain scans of compulsive porn users (pictured bottom), show more pronounced stimulation when watching x-rated material when compared to those not addicted (pictured top)
An earlier study found compulsive porn users show the same signs of addiction in their brain that those hooked on alcohol or drugs.
Dr. Valerie Voon, a neuroscientist at the University of Cambridge, specializing in addiction, studied 19 self-confessed compulsive users of child pornography.
The men, aged 19 to 34, had tried and failed to break their habit andhad thus lost relationships and employment.
All feed their habit using pornography online. When they were shown erotic video clips, a part of their brains lit up called the ventral striatum.
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