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Typologies of CSEM Offending in South Korean Court Judgments. 韩国法院判决中CSEM犯罪的类型学。

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Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment Pub Date : 2025-10-15 DOI: 10.1177/10790632251389167

Bojeong Kang, Byungbae Kim, Soo Jung Lee

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Perspectives, Treatment Goals, and Approaches of Prevention-Specialist Mental Health Professionals in Working With Clients Attracted to Children. 心理健康预防专家在与被儿童吸引的客户合作时的观点、治疗目标和方法。

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Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment Pub Date : 2025-10-01 Epub Date: 2024-07-24 DOI: 10.1177/10790632241268465

Azadeh Nematy, Susan Flynn, Simon McCarthy-Jones

{"title":"Perspectives, Treatment Goals, and Approaches of Prevention-Specialist Mental Health Professionals in Working With Clients Attracted to Children.","authors":"Azadeh Nematy, Susan Flynn, Simon McCarthy-Jones","doi":"10.1177/10790632241268465","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10790632241268465","url":null,"abstract":"The provision of effective mental health services to individuals attracted to children is rapidly expanding. However, these services have not yet been integrated into general mental healthcare systems and are mainly offered by organizations that predominantly provide services to child sexual abuse perpetrators. Little is known about the perspective, treatment goals, and approaches employed by prevention-specialist mental health professionals when working with clients attracted to children. To address this gap, we used purposive sampling to recruit 10 practitioners who had experience of working in prevention settings with clients attracted to children. After conducting semi-structured interviews and analyzing data through interpretative phenomenological analysis, we identified three main themes and four subthemes within the data. While most participants believed that attraction to minors is unmodifiable or doubted the possibility of modifiability, this belief did not necessarily manifest in their practice. Participants stressed the importance of finding safe alternatives for clients and highlighted the significance of accessing evidence-based information on alternative sexual outlets, such as sex dolls. One overarching theme that emerged across all themes and within participants' accounts was the concern of escalation, indicating a fear that pedophilic fantasies or alternative sexual outlets such as sex dolls could potentially lead to sexual offenses. The findings shed light on the approach of prevention-specialist mental health professionals in working with clients attracted to children and may be used to inform future intervention plans to facilitate service provision to this population.","PeriodicalId":21828,"journal":{"name":"Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment","volume":" ","pages":"805-829"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12391612/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141760938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Men's Sexual Interest Perceptions and Sexual Harassment/Assaults Against Women: Mediating Effects of Sexual Refusal Cognition Bias. 男性性兴趣感知与女性性骚扰/性侵犯：性拒绝认知偏差的中介作用

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Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment Pub Date : 2025-10-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-28 DOI: 10.1177/10790632251347558

Tingting Chen, Zhenlan Yang, Lijun Zheng

{"title":"Men's Sexual Interest Perceptions and Sexual Harassment/Assaults Against Women: Mediating Effects of Sexual Refusal Cognition Bias.","authors":"Tingting Chen, Zhenlan Yang, Lijun Zheng","doi":"10.1177/10790632251347558","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10790632251347558","url":null,"abstract":"Sexual harassment and assault against women are global and public issues that must be addressed. Previous studies indicate that men's misunderstanding regarding women's sexual consent may be a key factor in sexual harassment and sexual assault cases. The underlying mechanism for the association between men's sexual interest perception and sexual harassment/assault behavior, however, remains unclear. In this study, we explored whether cognition bias (i.e., sexual refusal cognition bias, which include interpretation bias and behavioral intentions) mediated the association between men's sexual interest perception and sexual harassment/assault against women. A sample of 280 heterosexual Chinese men were recruited. A measure of sexual refusal cognition bias was developed, encompassing two factors: interpretation bias and behavioral intentions. Sexual refusal cognition bias was significantly associated with sexual harassment and sexual assault. Sexual interest perception had a significant indirect effect (β = 0.130/0.071) on sexual harassment and sexual assault through serial mediations of interpretation bias and behavioral intentions. These findings may be valuable in enhancing an understanding of sexual violence against women and contribute to sexual assault and sexual harassment prevention and education efforts.","PeriodicalId":21828,"journal":{"name":"Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment","volume":" ","pages":"787-804"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144162372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Roles of Empathy and Theory of Mind in Sexual Violence Perpetration: An Integrated Social Information Processing Framework. 共情与心理理论在性暴力犯罪中的作用：一个整合的社会信息加工框架。

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Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment Pub Date : 2025-10-01 Epub Date: 2025-01-15 DOI: 10.1177/10790632251315174

Sarah Tibbels, Massil Benbouriche

{"title":"The Roles of Empathy and Theory of Mind in Sexual Violence Perpetration: An Integrated Social Information Processing Framework.","authors":"Sarah Tibbels, Massil Benbouriche","doi":"10.1177/10790632251315174","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10790632251315174","url":null,"abstract":"Empathy is an aspect of social cognition which has gained much attention to explain sexual violence perpetration, with research resulting in mixed and contradictory findings. Another aspect of social cognition, which has been linked to, and even used synonymously with, cognitive empathy is Theory of Mind (ToM). However, research is severely lacking on the role which ToM may play in sexual violence. Hence, in order to elucidate such issues, following a theoretical discussion of these concepts, we propose an integrated Social Information Processing (SIP) framework to understand how empathy and ToM may be involved in sexual violence perpetration. This framework includes the steps laid out by Crick and Dodge's original SIP model, the emotional processes emphasised by Lemerise and Arsenio, the empathy stages identified by Marshall and colleagues, and our propositions concerning the role played by ToM. In this theoretical article, we argue that ToM and empathy are primarily involved in earlier SIP stages, but may have repercussions on subsequent stages as SIP is cyclical. Nonetheless, greater research is needed to conclusively identify where deficits lie. In terms of clinical implications, we recommend that empathy and ToM be targeted in interventions (primary, secondary and tertiary) using cognitive-behavioural therapy principles which are involved in, and affect, SIP.","PeriodicalId":21828,"journal":{"name":"Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment","volume":" ","pages":"830-852"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143011711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Predictive Validity of the SAPROF-SO for Success on Supervised Release From a Secure Treatment Center. saprofs - so对安全治疗中心监督释放成功的预测效度。

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Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment Pub Date : 2025-10-01 Epub Date: 2025-04-13 DOI: 10.1177/10790632251328958

Angela E Carr, Sharon M Kelley, Gwenda M Willis, David Thornton

{"title":"The Predictive Validity of the SAPROF-SO for Success on Supervised Release From a Secure Treatment Center.","authors":"Angela E Carr, Sharon M Kelley, Gwenda M Willis, David Thornton","doi":"10.1177/10790632251328958","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10790632251328958","url":null,"abstract":"Recent research has highlighted the importance of protective factors in preventing sexual offense recidivism and led to the development of a number of strengths-based approaches to the treatment of adult males who have been convicted of sexual offenses. However, these approaches have not been supported by structured methods to assess protective factors. The Structured Assessment of PROtective Factors against Sexual Offending (SAPROF-SO) was designed to bridge the gap between assessment and strengths-based treatment, and the current study contributes to the validation of that instrument. The SAPROF-SO was rated retrospectively for adult males released on supervised release from a secure treatment center in the US (N = 170). SAPROF-SO total scores predicted supervised release success as measured by revocation outcomes. In addition, results highlighted the utility of the SAPROF-SO Resilience subscale in predicting supervised release revocation for any reason and the Adaptive Sexuality subscale in predicting sexually related revocations. Notably, the SAPROF-SO demonstrated incremental validity over the Static-99R, which was not predictive of revocation outcomes. Implications for the management of sexual offense risk when planning and administering release from criminal justice contexts are discussed.","PeriodicalId":21828,"journal":{"name":"Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment","volume":" ","pages":"759-786"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12391611/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143982365","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Viewing Child Sexual Abuse Material for the First Time: Findings From an Anonymous Survey of Internet Users. 第一次观看儿童性虐待材料：来自互联网用户匿名调查的结果。

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Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment Pub Date : 2025-10-01 Epub Date: 2025-04-12 DOI: 10.1177/10790632251326550

Sarah Napier, Michael C Seto, Rita Shackel, Judith Cashmore, Kevin McGeechan

{"title":"Viewing Child Sexual Abuse Material for the First Time: Findings From an Anonymous Survey of Internet Users.","authors":"Sarah Napier, Michael C Seto, Rita Shackel, Judith Cashmore, Kevin McGeechan","doi":"10.1177/10790632251326550","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10790632251326550","url":null,"abstract":"The number of reports of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) detected on online platforms has increased dramatically in the last decade. Research has suggested that some individuals engage in a progression from typical adult pornography to atypical adult pornography (e.g., bondage, discipline, sadism, and masochism (BDSM), bestiality) to CSAM. Examining the onset to adult pornography and CSAM can therefore help identify intervention points for prevention and disruption. To investigate first exposure to adult pornography and CSAM, we anonymously surveyed a community sample of 5512 adults in five different countries: 742 (13.5%) survey participants self-reported viewing CSAM; 77% were male, 19.5% were female and 3.5% identified as another gender/sex. Majorities of respondents who viewed CSAM (71.2%), BDSM adult pornography (66.6%), and bestiality adult pornography (62.4%) were first exposed to this material prior to age 18. Females were significantly more likely than males to view adult content at younger ages. Younger age of exposure to typical and atypical adult pornography predicted younger age of exposure to CSAM, and respondents aged under 40 years were significantly more likely to view CSAM at younger ages (p < .001). Self-reported CSAM viewers predominantly first discovered CSAM unintentionally (86.1%) and when alone (76%). The findings suggest a need for increased interventions that prevent exposure to CSAM and illegal adult content among adolescents.","PeriodicalId":21828,"journal":{"name":"Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment","volume":" ","pages":"853-880"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143982957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Getting Lucky or Getting Abused: A Content Analysis of Public Comments on News Articles About Sexual Abuse. 幸运还是受虐：性侵新闻公众评论的内容分析

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Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment Pub Date : 2025-09-18 DOI: 10.1177/10790632251377709

Ryan T Shields, Cameron Burke, Kelly M Socia

{"title":"Getting Lucky or Getting Abused: A Content Analysis of Public Comments on News Articles About Sexual Abuse.","authors":"Ryan T Shields, Cameron Burke, Kelly M Socia","doi":"10.1177/10790632251377709","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10790632251377709","url":null,"abstract":"Child sexual abuse often elicits strong negative reactions from the public and sensationalized portrayal in media. Prior research has examined how gender influences perceptions of teenage sexual victimization committed by adults in authority roles. However, only a few studies have examined public reactions to actual cases covered in the media. To address this gap, we coded and analyzed 532 public comments on 36 online news stories reporting cases of teenage sexual abuse published between January 1st, 2009 and December 31st, 2019. We identified four major themes that encompassed the comments examined in this study: negative reactions to the adult responsible, comments about the punishment, positive reactions to the adult responsible, and comments focused on the child who was harmed. Many comments encompassed the expected emotions of anger and disgust toward the adult who engaged in abuse and sympathy toward the person who experienced it. Several comments were positive in nature, however, deviating from the \"typical\" response toward such cases, particularly in cases regarding abuse committed by a woman. Further, commenters had strong reactions to the criminal justice response to the abuse, but these reactions were also patterned by gender. We close with a discussion of findings and implications for future research.","PeriodicalId":21828,"journal":{"name":"Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment","volume":" ","pages":"10790632251377709"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145081483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Child Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church in Poland From 1950 to 2021. Methodology and Results. 1950年至2021年波兰天主教会的儿童性虐待。方法和结果。

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Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment Pub Date : 2025-09-15 DOI: 10.1177/10790632251377703

Wojciech Sadlon, Sławomir Nowotny

{"title":"Child Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church in Poland From 1950 to 2021. Methodology and Results.","authors":"Wojciech Sadlon, Sławomir Nowotny","doi":"10.1177/10790632251377703","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10790632251377703","url":null,"abstract":"The report presents study on child sexual abuse within the Catholic Church in Poland from 1950 to 2021, using data collected in three comprehensive queries conducted between 2014 and 2021. The analysis is based on notifications reported to dioceses and male religious congregations, processed by the Institute for Catholic Church Statistics. The study categorizes cases based on the credibility of allegations and tracks the evolution of data collection methodologies, moving from handwritten questionnaires to more detailed online surveys. The research explores variables such as victim demographics (age, gender, and Church affiliation), perpetrator profiles, forms and circumstances of abuse, and reporting patterns. Over the analyzed period, 1,193 minors were identified as victims in notifications, with 1,018 credible allegations. Boys constituted 56% of victims, with an average age of abuse rising from 11 to nearly 15 years. Of 838 accused clergy, 394 were credibly implicated, primarily priests. Most offenders harmed a single victim, though 20% had multiple victims. Findings indicate a significant increase in abuse cases from the 1970s to the 1980s. Despite the detailed data, the study emphasizes limitations, including the inability to fully ascertain the prevalence of abuse due to underreporting and varied motivations for disclosure. The results highlight the need for continuous monitoring to comprehensively understand and address this issue. This research contributes to broader efforts to enhance transparency, accountability, and preventive measures within the Church.","PeriodicalId":21828,"journal":{"name":"Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment","volume":" ","pages":"10790632251377703"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145065506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A Practice Survey of Canadian Forensic Sexual Behavior Programs. 加拿大法医性行为项目的实践调查。

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Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment Pub Date : 2025-09-11 DOI: 10.1177/10790632251377706

Payton McPhee, Jordyn Monaghan, Skye Stephens

{"title":"A Practice Survey of Canadian Forensic Sexual Behavior Programs.","authors":"Payton McPhee, Jordyn Monaghan, Skye Stephens","doi":"10.1177/10790632251377706","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10790632251377706","url":null,"abstract":"Forensic sexual behavior programs provide assessment and treatment services to individuals who have committed a sexual offense and/or who are at risk of sexually offending. In Canada, practices vary across these programs as publicly funded community-based forensic sexual behavior programs do not adhere to a federal standard of practice. Although several practice surveys have been developed in previous years to explore techniques within these programs, updated research is needed due to recent developments in the field. The present study provides a comprehensive overview of assessment, treatment, and preventive practices in Canada by surveying 16 publicly funded Canadian forensic sexual behavior programs. Results found that programs generally followed evidence-based practices when conducting risk assessments, although adherence to evidence-based guidelines showed greater variation for treatment. Additionally, 70.6% of surveyed programs reported providing prevention services to individuals who have not crossed a legal sexual boundary, although approaches to these services varied across programs. Findings from the present study allow for a stronger understanding of forensic sexual behavior program practices nationwide and have implications for clinical practice.","PeriodicalId":21828,"journal":{"name":"Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment","volume":" ","pages":"10790632251377706"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145041126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Unmasking the Men Who Produce Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM): Criminal Diversity and Sociodemographic Characteristics. 揭露制造儿童性虐待材料的男人：犯罪多样性和社会人口学特征。

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Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment Pub Date : 2025-09-04 DOI: 10.1177/10790632251377705

Daniel King, Reneta Slikboer, Marie Henshaw, Denny Meyer, James R P Ogloff

{"title":"Unmasking the Men Who Produce Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM): Criminal Diversity and Sociodemographic Characteristics.","authors":"Daniel King, Reneta Slikboer, Marie Henshaw, Denny Meyer, James R P Ogloff","doi":"10.1177/10790632251377705","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10790632251377705","url":null,"abstract":"Child sexual abuse material (CSAM) production poses a grave and evolving threat, causing revictimization through the circulation of material for years. The availability of online technology has enabled sophisticated methods of CSAM production and police evasion. The aims of this study were to explore the sociodemographic features of those with a history of CSAM production, explore criminal sub-types of those who produce CSAM, and explore the sociodemographic and criminal features of possible sub-types. Men who came to police attention for CSAM production offenses between 2004-2019 in Victoria, Australia (n = 741) were included. A hierarchical cluster analysis revealed two distinct criminal profiles: (1) a group with specialist offense histories, which were sexually focused (n = 455) and (2) a group with a generalist (n = 286) offending history, including sexual and non-sexual offenses. The frequency of CSAM production offenses across the sample period almost doubled with an increasing number of individuals with a generalist criminal history coming to the attention of police, whilst the number of those with a specialist criminal history remained largely stable. Uncovering these two distinct criminal profiles is a pivotal step toward understanding the nuanced characteristics of individuals responsible for producing CSAM.","PeriodicalId":21828,"journal":{"name":"Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment","volume":" ","pages":"10790632251377705"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145001390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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