Child molesters' construal of themselves, other adults, and children

Horley, James; Quinsey, Vernon L.

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“…The Cognition Scale also did not reveal differences among child molesters, probably due to high top-end loading and low variance. Other intramolester group differences found previously, such as a difference between treated and untreated individuals in terms of ratings on the Social Avoidance and , at TEMPLE UNIV on June 5, 2016 sax.sagepub.com Downloaded from Distress Scale (Horley & Quinsey, 1995), were not found in the present study. It is perhaps important to note here one difference between these respondents and previous participants.…”

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“…Demographic characteristics of the samples in the present study did differ somewhat, notably with respect to age [t(136) = 6.90, p < .001], again consistent with prior findings (Horley & Quinsey, 1995). As a result, age was included as a covariate in a series of MANCOVAs, and we selected samples of each offender group matched for age and other demographic variables.…”

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confidence: 71%

“…Horley and Quinsey (1995) found that molesters of girls used more external appearance constructs, while offenders against boys used more self-sufficiency and emotional expression constructs, perhaps indicating different needs with respect to their sexual encounters with children. In the present study, the single difference observed was that molesters of boys used more sexual constructs.…”

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confidence: 96%

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Incarcerated Child Molesters' Perceptions of Themselves and Others

Borley¹,

Quinsey

Jones³

1997

Sex Abuse

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A study was conducted to replicate and to expand some of our earlier findings concerning child molesters' perceptions of themselves, children, and adults. Sixty-eight men incarcerated in the Ontario correctional system for sexual offenses against children and 70 men with "person-related" but nonsexual offenses participated in the research. In accord with previous results, differences between molesters and nonmolesters in terms of their actual and ideal self-descriptions on the semantic differential were found. Molesters described themselves in less positive sexual terms than did nonmolesters. Women were seen by molesters more negatively with respect to sexual and physical characteristics than by nonmolesters, although, somewhat paradoxically, molesters described women as more trusting and mature than nonmolesters did. Molesters also reported a more positive view of women on the Attitudes Toward Women Scale than comparison participants. Molesters and nonmolesters also differed in terms of their responses to the Criminal Sentiments Scale, with child molesters reporting a more favorable view of the police, courts, and legal process than comparison participants. A similar finding was revealed in ratings of authority figures: Child molesters described authorities as kinder and less repulsive, deceitful, and unpleasant than comparison participants. All scales employed revealed a moderate to high temporal consistency. Some clinical implications and applications of the work are discussed briefly.

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Incarcerated Child Molesters' Perceptions of Themselves and Others

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Jones³

1997

Sex Abuse

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“…Construct poles are scored for relevance to 20 broad Downloaded by [University of Colorado -Health Science Library] at 10:45 26 December 2014 content categories, some of which are further divided into contrasting subcategories. This system was initially developed for assessing the constructs of psychotherapy clients (Landfield, 1971(Landfield, , 1977, and has also been applied to study of suicidal clients (Landfield, 1976), pedophiles (Horley & Quinsey, 1995), and women in career transitions (Burke & Noller, 1995). The breadth of Landfield's system made it ideal for an exploratory study of the content of constructs of sexual abuse survivors.…”

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Content Analysis of the Personal Constructs of Female Sexual Abuse Survivors Elicited Through Repertory Grid Technique

Harter

Erbes

Hart

2004

Journal of Constructivist Psychology

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Construct contents of college women with a history of childhood sexual abuse were compared to those of college women with no abuse history using Landfield's (1971) content coding system. The sexual abuse survivors were best discriminated by fewer constructs referring to emotional arousal; to experiences of calm, peacefulness, and relaxation (low forcefulness), and to moral or religious standards. Abused women also used more factual descriptions and fewer constructs referring to freedom from care (low involvement). Sexual abuse history and use of fewer constructs expressing emotional arousal were related to increased symptom distress. Findings are discussed with reference to the constructivist literature on sexual abuse and to the contemporary applicability of Landfield's system for coding Repertory Grid content.George Kelly proposed that humans are inherently creators of meaning. Using the metaphor of "person as scientist," he described people as continually formulating, testing, and revising personal theories that allow them to anticipate events. Kelly described the basic units comprising personal theories as bipolar contrasts, referred to as personal

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“…I have been concerned in recent years with applying particular cognitive-behavioral assessment and treatment techniques for use with child molesters (see Horley, 1988;Horley & Quinsey, 1994, 1995, and there is reason to believe that such approaches can be employed effectively with exhibitionists . A key assumption of cognitive-behavioral therapy is that each individual has his or her own world-view and, while we may share beliefs and values, we all operate with a unique set of personal beliefs (cf.…”

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Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy with an Incarcerated Exhibitionist

Horley¹

1995

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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Successful approaches to the treatment of exhibitionism, an important paraphilic disorder with respect to offense frequency, are limited in the recent literature. The use of individual cognitive-behavioral treatment with a long-term, incarcerated exhibitionist is presented. Emphasis was placed on the development of insight through informed decision making, as well as improvement in communication style and social network enhancement. Deviant sexual fantasies were targeted for change and more appropriate fantasies encouraged. Phallometric data showed a decrease in deviant responses over therapy and an increase in appropriate arousal.

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Child molesters' construal of themselves, other adults, and children

Cited by 14 publications

References 28 publications

Incarcerated Child Molesters' Perceptions of Themselves and Others

Incarcerated Child Molesters' Perceptions of Themselves and Others

Content Analysis of the Personal Constructs of Female Sexual Abuse Survivors Elicited Through Repertory Grid Technique

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy with an Incarcerated Exhibitionist

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