Prevention of Pornographic Addiction: An Islamic Psychology Perspective

Pornographic Addiction (PA) observed a wave of articles in the last several years, researchers are documenting the consequences of pornography on the diverse spectrum of the functioning of an individual. However, the consequences of pornography are a much-debated issue and research is inconclusive in this respect whether it causes problems like attention deficit, decreased memory, less integration, low self-esteem or heightened sense of gratification, increase in sexual knowledge, sexual satisfaction, and academic performance. The least research has been done to advance PA treatment because American Psychological Association’s unclear stand on pornography. However, some researchers suggested different therapies, but all those therapies are criticized as methodologically flawed, with fewer sample sizes and sample homogeneity. Islamic Psychology (IP) can provide an effective method of treatment in regard to PA when Western theories failed to do so. The paper extracted the preventive approach from primary sources of IP which is based on the psychological concept of Foot in the Door Technique of Freedman.