Development of a Psychometric Typology of Child Molesters: Implications for Treatment

Autor/inn/en	Mandeville-Norden, Rebecca; Beech, Anthony R.
Titel	Development of a Psychometric Typology of Child Molesters: Implications for Treatment
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 24 (2009) 2, S.307-325 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260508316479
Schlagwörter	Child Abuse; Intimacy; Multivariate Analysis; Psychometrics; Males; Classification; Individual Characteristics; Criminals; Self Esteem; Emotional Response; Victims of Crime; Psychological Patterns; Interpersonal Competence; Intervention; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom; Interpersonal Reactivity Index; Nowicki Strickland Locus of Control Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Intimität; Multivariate Analyse; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Straftäter; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Emotionales Verhalten; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	Cluster analysis of psychometric data measuring offense-specific and socioadequacy problems from a sample of 437 untreated child molesters was carried out. This analysis identified three clusters: Cluster 1 contained men who reported low levels of self-esteem and intimacy and an inability to deal with negative emotions, Cluster 2 contained men who demonstrated a poor understanding of the harm caused to their victims, and Cluster 3 contained offenders who had global offense-specific and socioaffective problems. However, there were no significant differences among the three groups of child molesters in their offense characteristics or their risk levels to support the clustering. It is suggested that these psychological clusters have implications for differing treatment interventions with these three groups. (Contains 3 tables and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10