The virtual people set: developing computer-generated stimuli for the assessment of pedophilic sexual interest
| Autor: | Andreas Mokros, Beate Dombert, Michael Osterheider, Jan Antfolk, Pekka Santtila, Angelo Zappalà, Anna Bäckström, Verena Schlegl, Eva Brückner |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Physical Maturity Visual perception Poison control Human factors and ergonomics Developmental psychology External validity Plethysmography Psychiatry and Mental health Pedophilia Categorization Injury prevention Humans Female Psychology Social psychology General Psychology Photic Stimulation |
| Zdroj: | Sexual abuse : a journal of research and treatment. 25(6) |
| ISSN: | 1573-286X |
| Popis: | The implicit assessment of pedophilic sexual interest through viewing-time methods necessitates visual stimuli. There are grave ethical and legal concerns against using pictures of real children, however. The present report is a summary of findings on a new set of 108 computer-generated stimuli. The images vary in terms of gender (female/male), explicitness (naked/clothed), and physical maturity (prepubescent, pubescent, and adult) of the persons depicted. A series of three studies tested the internal and external validity of the picture set. Studies 1 and 2 yielded good-to-high estimates of observer agreement with regard to stimulus maturity levels by two methods (categorization and paired comparison). Study 3 extended these findings with regard to judgments made by convicted child sexual offenders. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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