Procedure
The study was advertised to prospective participants as “The pornography abstinence experiment: An 8-day daily diary study of regular pornography users.” Participants were informed that the purpose of the study would be to track the daily experiences of regular pornography users who will be randomly assigned either to an “abstinence” group or a “no abstinence” group.Timeline of the 8-day study periodAfter completing the baseline survey, participants were randomly allocated to the abstinence and control groups by the As compensation, participants received course credit if they completed at least six of the seven surveys during the experimental period, and in addition received a gift voucher worth MYR 30.00 (approximately 7.00 USD) if they completed all seven surveys. Informed consent was obtained from all participants, and all study procedures were approved by the research team’s university ethics committees.