Young Girls' Experiences of Exposure to Pornography: A Qualitative Study

NCT07812662 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 2024-CHITS-016
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Exposure to Pornography

Keywords

Pornography; Trauma; Child developpement; Sexual abuse

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Qualitative content analysis of emotional experiences assessed via semi-structured interviews

  Description of significant consequences experienced by female patients after viewing pornographic content: Cross coding of the verbatim

  At the single study visit (Day 1)

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• identify the main themes and their relationship to the patients' contexts

  At the single study visit (Day 1)

• describe the various ways in which people access pornographic content

  At the single study visit (Day 1)

Study Arms (1)

Girls

Teenage girls - young women aged 11-25 who have been exposed to pornography

Other: Semi structured interview

Interventions

Semi structured interview OTHER

Semi structured interview

Girls

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 11 Years - 25 Years
• Gender Eligibility Details: boys who identify as girls may also be included
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Girls aged 11 to 25 years who are being treated in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department at CHITS or the follow-up clinic

You may qualify if:

• 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.

You may not qualify if:

• intellectual deficit
• psychosis
• acute mood episode
• pregnant or breastfeeding
• Patient under judicial protection

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Toulon La Seyne sur Mer: lead

Study Sites (1)

CHITS

Toulon, VAR, 83100, France

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Wounds and Injuries

Central Study Contacts

Nadège BOURVIS, MD, PhD

CONTACT

+33 628 22 35 21; nadege.bourvis@ch-toulon.fr

Asmaa JOBIC, PhD

CONTACT

+33483772061; asmaa.jobic@ch-toulon.fr

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 12, 2026
• First Posted: September 10, 2026
• Study Start: April 15, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 1, 2026
• Last Updated: September 10, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-09

Locations

FR (1)