Empathy in paedophilia and sexual offending against children: a longitudinal extension

IF 1.6 4区社会学 Q2 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Journal of Sexual Aggression Pub Date : 2021-06-02 DOI:10.1080/13552600.2021.1931721

Miriam Schuler, S. Mohnke, T. Amelung, I. Dziobek, Viola Borchardt, H. Gerwinn, C. Kärgel, J. Kneer, C. Massau, A. Pohl, S. Weiß, Susann Pieper, C. Sinke, K. Beier, M. Walter, J. Ponseti, B. Schiffer, T. Kruger, H. Walter

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Deficits in cognitive empathy (CE) have been associated with a child sexual offense (CSO) history in paedophilia. However, these results have been obtained in cross-sectional comparison. There are no longitudinal studies yet. We performed a longitudinal study with a 3-year interval and investigated CE and emotional empathy (EE) using the Multifaceted Empathy Test (MET) and the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) in paedophilic men with a CSO history (P + CSO), paedophilic men without a CSO history (P-CSO), and non-offending teleiophilic male controls (TC). Results were stable and confirmed cross-sectional data with evidence for higher CE as measured by the MET in P-CSO compared to P + CSO. Evidence for more distress in social situations as measured by the IRI was found in P-CSO compared to TC, only. Our results highlight the importance of addressing multiple aspects of empathy in paedophilia and CSO and support the inclusion of CE training in the prevention of CSO.

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恋童癖和对儿童的性侵犯中的移情：纵向延伸

认知共情(CE)缺陷与恋童癖儿童性犯罪(CSO)史有关。然而，这些结果是在横断面比较中得到的。目前还没有纵向研究。本研究采用多面共情测试(MET)和人际反应指数(IRI)对有CSO史的恋童癖男性(P + CSO)、无CSO史的恋童癖男性(P-CSO)和无冒犯性远恋癖男性对照(TC)进行了为期3年的纵向研究，调查了CE和情感共情(EE)。结果是稳定的和确认的横截面数据，有证据表明，与P + CSO相比，P-CSO中的MET测量的CE更高。只有在P-CSO中发现的证据表明，通过IRI测量的社交情境中，P-CSO比TC更痛苦。我们的研究结果强调了在恋童癖和CSO中解决移情的多个方面的重要性，并支持在预防CSO中纳入CE培训。

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Journal of Sexual Aggression CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY-

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3.00

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7.10%

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