Young Girls' Experiences of Exposure to Pornography: A Qualitative Study (ADO-X)
This qualitative study aims to explore the experiences, meanings, and uses of pornography among female adolescents and young women receiving care in child and adolescent psychiatry services. Participants aged 12 to 25 years will be recruited from inpatient and outpatient settings. Exclusion criteria will include an acute psychotic episode or an acute mood episode that could compromise participation in an interview.
Using semi-structured interviews, the study will examine the circumstances and age of first exposure to pornography; participants' emotional responses and evolving perceptions; subsequent patterns of viewing, use, avoidance, or sharing; and the roles pornography may play in their lives. Particular attention will be paid to its possible functions in relation to curiosity, sexual learning, arousal, identity exploration, peer relationships, emotional regulation, coercion, or distress.
The interviews will also explore how participants perceive the place of pornography in their relational and sexual trajectories, including its potential influence on expectations, consent, body image, sexual practices, intimate relationships, and current sexual life. Rather than assuming that pornography has uniformly harmful or beneficial effects, the study will seek to understand its diverse, ambivalent, and context-dependent meanings.
Finally, participants will be invited to formulate recommendations concerning public policy, pornography regulation, prevention, and sexuality education. By centring the perspectives of young female psychiatric service users, this study aims to contribute to a more nuanced understanding of pornography within contemporary adolescent development and clinical care.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
- This study will use a qualitative design informed by Grounded Theory methodology.
- Data will be collected through individual semi-structured interviews, lasting approximately 30 to 60 minutes. Interviews will be audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim.
- Data collection and analysis will proceed iteratively. The interview guide may be refined during the study in response to emerging findings. Transcripts will be independently coded by three investigators. Coding discrepancies will be discussed collectively in order to develop a shared coding framework and strengthen the credibility of the analysis.
- Analysis will follow a constant comparative approach, comparing accounts within and across participants in order to identify recurring themes, divergent experiences, and emerging conceptual categories. Particular attention will be paid to participants' own meanings, language, and interpretations of pornography in their personal, relational, and sexual trajectories. The analysis will aim to develop an interpretative account of the different ways pornography may be encountered, used, negotiated, or experienced by female adolescents and young women receiving psychiatric care.
Study Type
Enrollment (Estimated)
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Nadège BOURVIS, MD, PhD
- Phone Number: +33 +33 628 22 35 21
- Email: nadege.bourvis@ch-toulon.fr
Study Contact Backup
- Name: Asmaa JOBIC, PhD
- Phone Number: +33 +33483772061
- Email: asmaa.jobic@ch-toulon.fr
Study Locations
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VAR
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Toulon, VAR, France, 83100
- Recruiting
- CHITS
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Contact:
- Aline Delahaye
- Email: aline.delahaye@ch-toulon.fr
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Principal Investigator:
- Nadège BOURVIS, MD, PhD
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
- Child
- Adult
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Sampling Method
Study Population
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Girls aged 11 to 25 years who are being treated in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department at CHITS or the follow-up clinic
- Patient, or legal guardians if a minor, who does not object to the research;
- Patient who engages in the consumption of pornographic content.
Exclusion Criteria:
- intellectual deficit
- psychosis
- acute mood episode
- pregnant or breastfeeding
- Patient under judicial protection
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
Cohorts and Interventions
Group / Cohort |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Girls
Teenage girls - young women aged 11-25 who have been exposed to pornography
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Semi structured interview
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Qualitative content analysis of emotional experiences assessed via semi-structured interviews
Time Frame: At the single study visit (Day 1)
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Description of significant consequences experienced by female patients after viewing pornographic content: Cross coding of the verbatim
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At the single study visit (Day 1)
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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identify the main themes and their relationship to the patients' contexts
Time Frame: At the single study visit (Day 1)
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Analysis of the individual interviews in accordance with the principles of grounded theory
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At the single study visit (Day 1)
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describe the various ways in which people access pornographic content
Time Frame: At the single study visit (Day 1)
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Analysis of the individual interviews in accordance with the principles of grounded theory
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At the single study visit (Day 1)
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Collaborators and Investigators
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Estimated)
Study Completion (Estimated)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- 2024-CHITS-016
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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