| Autor: |
McPhail IV; University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada., Olver ME; University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada., Nicholaichuk TP; University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada., Haynes A; Correctional Service of Canada, Canada. |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Sexual abuse : a journal of research and treatment [Sex Abuse] 2021 Oct; Vol. 33 (7), pp. 816-838. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Oct 26. |
| DOI: |
10.1177/1079063220968042 |
| Abstrakt: |
Pedophilic interest is a central risk factor for sexual offending against children. Multiple measures exist to assess pedophilic interest, and the present study aims to provide validity evidence for three of these measures in a sample of men convicted of sexual offenses. The association between a phallometric test for pedophilic interest, the Screening Scale for Pedophilic Interest (SSPI), and the sexual deviance factor of the Violence Risk Scale-Sexual Offense (VRS-SO) version was examined in a sample of 261 men who participated in sexual violence reduction services. The association between these measures and sexual recidivism, both as sole predictors and while controlling for static risk, was also assessed. The second aim of the study was to examine the validity of different methods for modeling the distribution of pedophilic interests, using phallometric test scores, based on the findings in recent taxometric research. The measures generally showed a positive and moderate relationship with each other and predicted sexual recidivism. However, the SSPI did not significantly predict sexual recidivism, and when controlling for static risk, only the VRS-SO Sexual Deviance factor significantly predicted this outcome. Modeling phallometric test scores continuously and trichotomously produced significant associations with sexual recidivism; however, only a trichotomous model with two levels remained predictive after controlling for static risk. The results are broadly supportive of measures of pedophilic interest and underscore the importance of appropriately modeling the latent structure of pedophilic interest. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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