New National Survey Finds that Porn Use Decreases Relationship Satisfaction

Anew national survey published today reports that one in five couples have experienced conflict in their relationship related to pornography and that porn use is generally associated with lower relationship quality. About 25 percent of men in the study reported actively hiding porn use from their partner, and even higher percentages of women raised concerns that their partner was hiding his porn use.

The National Couples and Pornography Study — called “The Porn Gap” in its final form as a research report — was commissioned by the Wheatley Institution at Brigham Young University and the Austin Institute for the Study of Family and Culture, and conducted by three prominent relationship researchers: Brian Willoughby, professor in the School of Family Life at BYU and a research fellow at the Wheatley Institution; Galena Rhoades, a research professor in psychology at the University of Denver; and Jason Carroll, associate director of the Wheatley Institution and professor in the School of Family Life at BYU.

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Anew national survey published today reports that one in five couples have experienced conflict in their relationship related to pornography and that porn use is generally associated with lower relationship quality. About 25 percent of men in the study reported actively hiding porn use from their partner, and even higher percentages of women raised concerns that their partner was hiding his porn use.

The National Couples and Pornography Study — called “The Porn Gap” in its final form as a research report — was commissioned by the Wheatley Institution at Brigham Young University and the Austin Institute for the Study of Family and Culture, and conducted by three prominent relationship researchers: Brian Willoughby, professor in the School of Family Life at BYU and a research fellow at the Wheatley Institution; Galena Rhoades, a research professor in psychology at the University of Denver; and Jason Carroll, associate director of the Wheatley Institution and professor in the School of Family Life at BYU.