Psychiatry Investig.  2021 Jun;18(6):530-538. 10.30773/pi.2020.0401.

Reliability, Validity, and Unidimensionality of the Korean Version of the Pornography Craving Questionnaire Based on the Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
  • 2Department of Psychiatry, Eulji University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • 3Division of Educational Evaluation, Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation, Jincheon, Republic of Korea
  • 4Department of Parasitology and Institute of Medical Education, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
  • 5Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA
  • 6Departments of Psychiatry, Neuroscience and Child Study, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
  • 7National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
  • 8Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, CT, USA

Abstract


Objective
This study aimed to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Korean version of the Pornography Craving Questionnaire (K-PCQ) using classical test theory and item response theory.
Methods
The goodness of fit test and differential item functioning (DIF) analysis based on the Rasch model, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), exploratory factor analysis (EFA), and correlation analysis were used to test its reliability and validity.
Results
Response data from 226 students were analyzed. According to the goodness of fit test, the outfit mean square value of only one item, Item 11, was greater than 2. The CFA results revealed that all items of the K-PCQ measured a single construct. The EFA results revealed that the K-PCQ had excellent internal reliability. The DIF analysis results showed that the measurement of pornography craving using the K-PCQ did not differ based on gender. The result of Poly-DIMTEST supported the unidimensionality of the K-PCQ. The cut-off value of pornography craving was suggested as a measure of -0.0908 which corresponds to 46 (54.8%) out of a maximum score of 84.
Conclusion
The items of the K-PCQ are unidimensional and have good reliability and validity. The K-PCQ will be useful in clinical practice and research as a screening tool for pornography craving.

Keyword

Sexual behavior, Measurement, Reproducibility of results, Validation study, Item response memory
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