Investigating Personality Pathology in Child Sexual Offenders: Group Comparisons and Offense Differences.

IF 1.4 4区 心理学 Q3 FAMILY STUDIES
Manon Kleijn, Erik Masthoff, Elien De Caluwé, Stefan Bogaerts
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Abstract

Although some studies have investigated personality pathology in individuals who have committed sexual contact offenses against children, few examined whether personality pathology relates to different groups, including individuals who have committed child sexual exploitation material (CSEM) offenses. This study compared four male groups, namely a CSEM (n = 33), sexual contact (n = 30), non-sexual violent (n = 64), and community group (n = 143) using self-report questionnaires assessing personality pathology, including impairments in personality functioning (i.e. self-control, identity integration, responsibility, relational capacities, and social concordance), and pathological personality traits (i.e. psychopathic and narcissistic traits). Correlational and multivariate analyses of variance were conducted to examine group differences. No significant differences were found between the CSEM and sexual contact groups. Compared to the community group, the other three groups showed more impairments in personality functioning. The violent group reported higher levels of psychopathic and narcissistic traits than the other groups. The community group showed more overt narcissistic traits compared to the other groups. This study indicates no differences in personality pathology between the CSEM and sexual contact groups, suggesting that interventions may not need to vary between these groups. Replication and exploration of additional constructs are necessary before drawing definitive conclusions.

儿童性犯罪者的人格病理学调查:群体比较与犯罪差异。
虽然一些研究调查了对儿童进行性接触犯罪的个体的人格病理学,但很少有人研究人格病理学是否与不同群体有关,包括那些犯下儿童性剥削材料(CSEM)罪行的个体。本研究采用自我报告问卷对四组男性进行了人格病理评估,包括人格功能障碍(如自我控制、身份整合、责任、关系能力和社会和谐)和病态人格特征(如精神病和自恋特征)。四组男性分别为性侵犯组(n = 33)、性接触组(n = 30)、非性暴力组(n = 64)和社区组(n = 143)。进行相关和多变量方差分析,以检验组间差异。CSEM和性接触组之间没有发现显著差异。与社区组相比,其他三组在人格功能方面表现出更多的障碍。据报道,暴力组比其他组有更高水平的心理变态和自恋特征。与其他组相比,社区组表现出更多明显的自恋特征。这项研究表明,在性接触组和性接触组之间,人格病理没有差异,这表明干预措施可能不需要在这些组之间有所不同。在得出明确的结论之前,复制和探索其他结构是必要的。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Child Sexual Abuse is interdisciplinary and provides an essential interface for researchers, academicians, attorneys, clinicians, and practitioners. The journal advocates for increased networking in the sexual abuse field, greater dissemination of information and research, a higher priority for this international epidemic, and development of effective assessment, intervention, and prevention programs. Divided into sections to provide clear information, the journal covers research issues, clinical issues, legal issues, prevention programs, case studies, and brief reports, focusing on three subject groups - child and adolescent victims of sexual abuse or incest, adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse or incest, and sexual abuse or incest offenders.
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