Assessing Pornography Addiction (APA.V2)

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There is still much debate regarding pornography and whether it is addictive or not. Some individuals feel like they are addicted to pornography while others believe it is having little influence on their life. Using common professional criteria to assess addiction, the following questions focus on your involvement in pornography and how it may or may not be influencing your life. This assessment will take about 10-15 minutes to complete. Your answers will be used for research purposes.

(Note: This assessment is most helpful for individuals who have actively been viewing pornography. Those who take this assessment and have a few months or years of sobriety will be able to identify areas of growth in their recovery, and will find that their answers to some of the questions have changed as result of working towards recovery.

Please review each question and mark the question that most accurately describes your current experience with pornography.

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* 1. If there is one thing you would like others to know about your experience with pornography, what would you want them to know?

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* 2. How old were you when you were first introduced to pornography (e.g. magazines, Internet pornography, x-rated videos)?

Between 4 and 8 years old

Between 9 and 11 years old

Between 12 and 14 years old

Between 15 and 18 years old

Between 19-24 years old

Older than 25

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* 3. How many times did you seek out pornography before age 18?

Less than 25

More than 25 but less than 50

More than 50 but less than 100

More than 100 but less than 250

More than 250 but less than 500

More than 500 but less than 750

More than 750

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* 4. How many times would you estimate that you have viewed pornography in your life?

Less than 100

More than 100 but less than 250

More than 250 but less than 500

More than 500 but less than 750

More than 750 but less than 1000

More than 1000 but less than 2500

More than 2500 times

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* 5. When viewing pornography, how much time will you spend during one episode?

0-15 minutes

15-30 minutes

30 minutes to 1 hour

1-3 hours

3-5 hours

5-6 hours

Six or more hours (sometimes all day/night)

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* 6. In the last month how many times have you intentionally viewed pornography?

None

1-2 times

3-4 times

Once a week

2-3 times a week

4-6 times a week

Daily

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* 7. In the last year, what is the frequency with which you have viewed pornography?

One or two times

Every two or three months

Once a month

Every two weeks

Once a week

Three to five times a week

Almost every day, if not daily

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* 8. What percentage of time each day do you spend thinking about or fantasizing about pornography or other sexual behaviors?

Less than 5%

Between 5%-10%

Between 10%-20%

Between 20%-30%

Between 30%-40%

Between 40%-50%

Between 50%-60%

Between 60%-75%

More than 75%

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* 9. What is the longest period of time that you have gone without pornography in the last year?

8 months to a year

4-8 months

2-4 months

1-2 months

2-4 weeks

1 week

3-4 days

1-2 days

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* 10. In looking at your involvement in pornography on a scale between 1 and 7, how much influence is pornography having on your life, with one being very little and seven being very significant.

	Very little influence						Very signficant influence
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