Compare the Effectiveness of Pornography Addiction Recovery Training and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Academic Procrastination, Psychological Flexibility and Academic Self-efficacy of Male Adolescents

Subject Areas : Social Health

Zahra Shirani Bidabadi ¹ , Hadi Farhadi ² , Hamid Atashpour ³

1 - PhD Student, Department of psychology, Research Center for Behavioral and Psychological Science, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Research Center for Behavioral and Psychological Science, Department of Psychology, Isf.C., Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran,
3 - Associate Professor, Research Center for Behavioral and Psychological Science, Department of Psychology, Isf.C., Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.

Received: 2025-02-06 Accepted : 2025-04-19 Published : 2025-06-21

Keywords: Academic self-efficacy, Academic procrastination, Addiction, Pornography, Psychological flexibility.,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of pornography addiction recovery training and cognitive-behavioral therapy on academic procrastination, cognitive flexibility, and academic self-efficacy among male adolescents. The research method was a quasi-experimental three-group design with pre-test, post-test, and a two-month follow-up. The statistical population included all male adolescents with pornography addiction in Esfahan during spring and summer of 2024. The sample consisted of 60 individuals who met the inclusion criteria, selected through purposive sampling and randomly assigned to three groups. In this study, the Academic Procrastination Scale (Solomon & Rothblum, 1984), Psychological Flexibility Scale (Akbari et al., 2021), and Academic Self-Efficacy Scale (Morgan & Jinks, 1990) were used. Data were analyzed using repeated measures ANOVA in SPSS version 26. Findings showed significant differences between mean scores in pre-test and the two subsequent stages, indicating meaningful changes in mean scores compared to pre-test. The follow-up stage showed no significant difference with post-test (p>0.05), indicating stability of changes. Mean score differences in procrastination (p<0.05), flexibility, and self-efficacy (p<0.01) between both treatment groups and control group were significant, confirming effectiveness of both treatments. The only significant difference between the two treatment groups was in cognitive flexibility (p<0.05). It appears that the specific training on cognitive flexibility regarding pornography consumption tendencies and its underlying factors, which was included in the fourth session of this program, played a significant role. Furthermore, since this program addressed combined behavioral-emotional and behavioral-social strategies in the seventh and eighth sessions and discussed the role of spirituality in the ninth session, it ultimately provided adolescents with more comprehensive strategies for enhancing psychological flexibility.

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