Relationship Between the Use of Pornography and Marital Sexual Satisfaction with Attitudes Towards Marital Infidelity in Married Women in Zahedan City

Background: The spread of the Internet and the improvement of audio and video media have led to the emergence of an industry called pornography. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the use of pornography and marital sexual satisfaction and attitudes toward marital infidelity in married women in Zahedan. Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive correlational study. The statistical population consisted of all working married womenand housewives in Zahedan during 2017. Amongthem, a sample of 190 people (95 housewives and 95 employedwomen)was selected through a convenience sampling method. To collect data, the problematic pornography use scale, the Sexual Satisfaction Questionnaire (women’s form), and Whatley’s attitudes toward marital infidelity scale were used. Data analysis was performed using Pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise regression. Results: According to the results, there was a significant reverse relationship between the use of pornography and its components and marital sexual satisfaction, and the use of pornography to escape or avoid negative emotions was a negative predictor of marital sexual satisfaction. There was a significant direct relationship between the use of pornography and its components and the attitude towards marital infidelity, and the psychological and social problems of using pornography were a positive predictor of attitude towards marital infidelity. Conclusions: It is necessary to consider appropriate strategies to reduce the use of pornography to promote marital sexual satisfaction and reduce the attitude towards marital infidelity in married women.