The use and effects of pornography in romantic relationships

• We discuss research on pornography consumption and relationship well-being.
• We highlight limitations in the literature.
• We discuss the range of effects of pornography use in relationships.
• We make recommendations for future research on this growing topic of interest.

In this article we discuss associations between pornography use by one or both romantic partners and the well-being of the relationship. We highlight several shortcomings of existing empirical research that limit conclusions that can be made about the negative, neutral or positive effects of pornography use on relationship processes. Lastly, we review extant dyadic research on pornography use in a relationship context, and propose the Antecedents-Context-Effects (ACE) model as a guide for future research on this important topic.