Absolute Versus Relative Ascertainment of Pedophilia in Men
| Autor: | Thomas Blak, James M. Cantor, Michael E. Kuban, Philip E. Klassen, Ray Blanchard, Robert Dickey |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Psychometrics Specialty Choice Behavior Adult women medicine Humans Psychological testing Child Psychiatry Pedophilia Referral and Consultation General Psychology Ontario Psychological Tests Audiovisual Aids Penile Erection Men Forensic Psychiatry medicine.disease Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Plethysmography Psychiatry and Mental health Penile plethysmography Tape Recording Female Paraphilia Sexual interest Psychology Psychophysiology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Sexual Abuse. 21:431-441 |
| ISSN: | 1573-286X 1079-0632 |
| Popis: | There are at least two different criteria for assessing pedophilia in men: absolute ascertainment (their sexual interest in children is intense) and relative ascertainment (their sexual interest in children is greater than their interest in adults). The American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 3rd edition ( DSM-III) used relative ascertainment in its diagnostic criteria for pedophilia; this was abandoned and replaced by absolute ascertainment in the DSM-III-R and all subsequent editions. The present study was conducted to demonstrate the continuing need for relative ascertainment, particularly in the laboratory assessment of pedophilia. A total of 402 heterosexual men were selected from a database of patients referred to a specialty clinic. These had undergone phallometric testing, a psychophysiological procedure in which their penile blood volume was monitored while they were presented with a standardized set of laboratory stimuli depicting male and female children, pubescents, and adults.The 130 men selected for the Teleiophilic Profile group responded substantially to prepubescent girls but even more to adult women; the 272 men selected for the Pedophilic Profile group responded weakly to prepubescent girls but even less to adult women. In terms of absolute magnitude, every patient in the Pedophilic Profile group had a lesser penile response to prepubescent girls than every patient in the Teleiophilic Profile group. Nevertheless, the Pedophilic Profile group had a significantly greater number of known sexual offenses against prepubescent girls, indicating that they contained a higher proportion of true pedophiles. These results dramatically demonstrate the utility—or perhaps necessity—of relative ascertainment in the laboratory assessment of erotic age—preference. |
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