Pedohebephilia and Perceived Non-coercive Childhood Sexual Experiences: Two Non-matched Case-Control Studies

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Beitragende

  • Sara Jahnke - , University of Bergen (Autor:in)
  • Alexander F. Schmidt - , Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (Autor:in)
  • Jürgen Hoyer - , Professur für Behaviorale Psychotherapie, Technische Universität Dresden (Autor:in)

Abstract

Research on the link between childhood sexual abuse experiences (CSAE) and pedohebephilia is limited by its focus on events that the respondents rate as abusive. We asked 199 German-speaking (Study 1) and 632 English-speaking (Study 2) men with and without self-reported pedohebephilia to complete the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) and scales to assess perceived non-coercive childhood sexual experiences with adults (PNCSE-A), and peers (PNCSE-P, only Study 2). A substantial number of participants with PNCSE-A disagreed with all items of the CTQ Sexual Abuse subscale (e.g., 35% and 26% of pedohebephilic men in Studies 1 and 2, 38% of teleiophilic men in Study 2). While pedohebephilic men reported more CSAE than teleiophilic men, the effects for PNCSE-A did not consistently point in the expected direction. In Study 2, conviction status for sexual offenses among pedohebephilic men was linked to higher rates of CSAE, PNCSE-A, PNCSE-P, physical neglect, and physical abuse. Pedohebephilic men in Study 2 also reported more PNCSE-P than teleiophilic men. Our results highlight the importance of assessing different (positive or neutral) perceptions of CSAE. Better controlled designs (e.g., matched case-control studies) are needed to substantiate whether and how perceived non-coercive childhood sexual experiences relate to pedohebephilia and sexual offending.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)340-374
Seitenumfang35
FachzeitschriftSexual abuse
Jahrgang35
Ausgabenummer3
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Apr. 2023
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

PubMed 35549946
ORCID /0000-0002-1697-6732/work/173516015

Schlagworte

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

Schlagwörter

  • child sexual abuse, hebephilia, pedophilia, trauma, viewing time