Efficacy of Mindfulness Meditation as a Therapeutic Tool in Problematic Pornography Consumption

Abstract

The Internet makes accessibility to pornography just a click away. However, although most individuals watch porn for fun, a small percentage of porn users develop symptoms similar to addiction. This, in turn, generates interpersonal, occupational, or personal problems for the individual. The present study aims to study the efficacy of mindfulness meditation as a therapeutic tool in reducing problematic pornography use (PPU). Eight male problematic porn users practiced 20 mins mindfulness meditation daily for two weeks. The result showed that the mean score of the PPU scale during and post-intervention decreased significantly compared to the pretreatment levels. In conclusion it can be said that the practice of mindfulness meditation helps in reducing the PPU.

Disclosure statement

The authors report there are no competing interests to declare.

Data availability

The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are not publicly available due to the confidentiality regarding the responder’s pornography usage but are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.