One study at a Christian college found that 60% of Christian males seeking help for porn-related problems viewed themselves as addicted to pornography, though only 5% of those men met any of the criteria related to addictive disorders. Recent research has found that belief in oneself as a pornography addict is predicted by religious values, not by porn use, and that this perception of oneself as addicted predicts negative emotional outcomes, where actual porn use does not.

The BYU study now found further results which support the idea that it’s not porn use, but the belief in porn addiction, and the conflict with religion, which predict porn-related problems.

Dammit, there's an Anthony Weiner joke here somewhere…