New research offers evidence of a long-term connection between pornography use and depression

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journal Psychiatry Research . In the United States, watching adult entertainment is a common activity, and rates of depression are also high in the general population. Previous research has consistently shown that these two factors are connected in some way. When scientists look at a single point in time, they usually find that people who watch more adult content also report more signs of depression. Past studies have heavily focused on problematic pornography use as a distinct behavioral issue. This term refers to watching adult content in a way that feels completely out of control or causes significant distress in a person’s daily life. It makes sense that feeling addicted to a behavior could lead to deep sadness or intense anxiety. Robin Engelhardt, a researcher at the Institute for Psychology in the Faculty of Human Sciences at the Universität der Bundeswehr München in Munich...