Childhood Adversity and Offense-Supportive Cognitions Among Czech Adults with a Sexual Interest in Violence or Children

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11240/24:10478716

Result on the web

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-024-02837-1#article-info" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-024-02837-1#article-info</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-024-02837-1" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10508-024-02837-1</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Childhood Adversity and Offense-Supportive Cognitions Among Czech Adults with a Sexual Interest in Violence or Children

Original language description

Individuals with paraphilic interests in sexual violence or children may be more likely to sexually offend if they possess offense-supportive cognitions. These cognitions may develop in response to childhood adversity. However, this idea is largely based on research in men convicted of sexual offenses and may not generalize to non-incarcerated adults with paraphilic interests. In a sample of 178 adults screened for paraphilic interests in violence or children (from the general Czech population), we hypothesized that childhood sexual abuse and emotional neglect would be associated with offense-supportive cognitions about rape and child molestation. Participants came from a nationally representative sample of Czech adults and were selected if they self-reported high levels of sexual interest in violence and/or children. Participants completed an online survey with self-report measures of sexual orientation, offense-supportive cognitions (Bumby RAPE and MOLEST scales), and childhood sexual abuse and emotional neglect (Childhood Trauma Questionnaire). Controlling for gender, age, and sexual orientation, we found that both rape-supportive cognitions and child molestation-supportive cognitions were significantly associated with higher levels of childhood sexual abuse, but not emotional neglect. These findings indicate that childhood sexual abuse may lead to offense-supportive cognitions among men and women with paraphilia.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA21-31490S" target="_blank" >GA21-31490S: Nationwide research of sexual behaviour, preferences, and wellbeing in the Czech population: Current situation and trends</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Archives of Sexual Behavior

ISSN

0004-0002

e-ISSN

1573-2800

Volume of the periodical

53

Issue of the periodical within the volume

6

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

2159-2172

UT code for WoS article

001190047600001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85188249832