Being Sexually Attracted to Minors: Sexual Development, Coping With Forbidden Feelings, and Relieving Sexual Arousal in Self-Identified Pedophiles

Houtepen, J.A.B.M.; Sijtsema, Jelle J.; Bogaerts, Stefan

doi:10.1080/0092623x.2015.1061077

Cited by 86 publications

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“…The literature highlights the diversity of adult individuals who sexually abuse children, and that not all individuals who are sexually attracted to children act on these thoughts (Houtepen, Sijtsema and Bogaerts, 2016). The report refers to individuals who have sexual thoughts about children but who have not acted on their thoughts and perpetrated child sexual abuse or have not been convicted of offences as 'individuals with problematic sexual thoughts'.…”

Section: Individuals With Problematic Sexual Thoughtsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Help-seeking needs and gaps for preventing child sexual abuse: a report for the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.

Saunders¹,

McArthur²

2017

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Section: Individuals With Problematic Sexual Thoughtsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Help-seeking needs and gaps for preventing child sexual abuse: a report for the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.

Saunders¹,

McArthur²

2017

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“…Studien zu Pädophilie und Stigma sind rar (Jahnke und Hoyer 2013) und bis auf wenige Ausnahmen (Goode 2009;Houtepen et al 2016;Jahnke et al 2015b;Wilson und Cox 1983) fehlt es an Wissen darüber, wie Personen mit pädophilen Neigungen mit Stigmatisierung umgehen. Die vorliegende Studie strebt daher an, den individuellen Umgang mit Stigmatisierung bei Personen mit pädophilen Neigungen und dessen mögliche Konsequenzen anhand von Erstgesprächen aus dem Präventionsprojekt Dunkelfeld (PPD;Beier et al 2009) zu untersuchen.…”

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Pädophile Neigungen offenbaren: Stigma-Management bei Patienten aus dem Berliner Präventionsprojekt Dunkelfeld

Wagner

Jahnke

Beier

et al. 2016

Zeitschrift für Sexualforschung

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?bersicht Vor dem Hintergrund der enormen Stigmatisierung von Menschen mit p?dophilen Neigungen ist davon auszugehen, dass sich Betroffene h?ufig entscheiden m?ssen, diese preiszugeben oder geheim zu halten ? mit zum Teil dramatischen Konsequenzen f?r ihr soziales Leben und ihr Selbstbild. Obwohl Formen des Stigma-Managements f?r andere stigmatisierte Gruppen bereits intensiv erforscht wurden, liegen bisher keine Daten zu den Erfahrungen p?dophiler Personen vor. Zur Identifikation typischer Strategien und deren Konsequenzen wurden in der vorliegenden Studie Erstgespr?che von 186 Patienten des Pr?ventionsprojekts Dunkelfeld (PPD) qualitativ ausgewertet. 48?% der Patienten hatten sich einer anderen Person anvertraut (direkte Offenlegung), bei 37?% wurden p?dophile Neigungen durch andere Personen aufgedeckt, ohne dass die Betroffenen es selbst entschieden hatten (indirekte Offenlegung) und 15?% der Patienten hatten zuvor noch nie ?ber ihre sexuellen Neigungen gesprochen (Geheimhaltung). Unsere Analysen der berichteten Konsequenzen legen nahe, dass bei einer direkten Offenlegung das Verh?ltnis von Vor- und Nachteilen am g?nstigsten ausf?llt. Die Ergebnisse werden hinsichtlich des Risikos f?r sexuellen Kindesmissbrauch und ihrer Implikationen f?r pr?ventive therapeutische Strategien diskutiert.

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“…However, existing research on this issue is primarily qualitative (e.g., Freimond, 2009;Houtepen, Sijtsema, & Bogaerts, 2016). As a result, age sexual orientation has not been quantified.…”

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Romantic and Sexual Relationships with Adult Partners Among Pedohebephilic Men

Mundy¹,

Lewis²,

Cioe³

2020

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Limited research has been conducted on minor-attracted persons’ romantic and sexual relationships with adult partners. This study examined reasons for such relationships among 128 self-identified minor-attracted persons. Secondary analyses explored whether age sexual orientation (i.e., degree of attraction to minors and/or adults) can be conceptualized as a continuum. We also explored whether age sexual orientation impacted reasons for engaging in sex with adult partners. The results suggest that age sexual orientation varies widely among minor-attracted persons and can be quantified using a modified Kinsey Scale. Minor-attracted persons endorsed both non-sexual and sexual reasons for engaging adult-partnered relationships. Minor-attracted persons with more exclusive attraction to minors were less likely to engage in sex for pleasure reasons and less likely to engage in romantic relationships due to love towards their adult partner; this contrasted with minor-attracted persons with less exclusive attraction to minors. These findings support the heterogeneity of minor-attracted persons, including differential reasons for engaging in adult-partnered relationships. Professionals should seek to understand the nature of their clients’ relationships and age sexual orientation to determine whether such factors are relevant. Professionals can then support clients in their search for meaningful relationships.

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Being Sexually Attracted to Minors: Sexual Development, Coping With Forbidden Feelings, and Relieving Sexual Arousal in Self-Identified Pedophiles

Cited by 86 publications

References 38 publications

Help-seeking needs and gaps for preventing child sexual abuse: a report for the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.

Help-seeking needs and gaps for preventing child sexual abuse: a report for the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.

Pädophile Neigungen offenbaren: Stigma-Management bei Patienten aus dem Berliner Präventionsprojekt Dunkelfeld

Romantic and Sexual Relationships with Adult Partners Among Pedohebephilic Men

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