Blumenthal S, Gudjonsson G, Burns J
Bracton Centre, Bexley Hospital, Kent, UK.
Child Abuse Negl. 1999 Feb;23(2):129-43. doi: 10.1016/s0145-2134(98)00117-3.
Sexual offenders tend to hold attitudes and beliefs which minimize and justify their offending behavior. It was hypothesized that distorted thinking supporting sexual offending and blame attribution would differ depending on the offence characteristics of different groups of sexual offenders.
Two groups of sexual offenders separated on the basis of the age of their victims (sex offenders against children, 36; sex offenders against adults, 30) were compared on measures of cognitive distortions relating to sex with children and rape and a measure of blame attribution which assesses external, mental element, and guilt feeling attributions.
Child sexual offenders endorsed more cognitive distortions relating to sex with children, but there were no group differences in cognitive distortions relating to rape. Those who offended against adults reported more external attributions and child offenders reported more guilt feeling attributions. Mental element attribution related to alcohol intoxication and use of violence in the offence, but was not related to group differences.
Results are interpreted as suggesting that child sex offenders support their offending by more enduring distorted cognitions, while those who offend against adults use blame attributions associated with the particular offence.
性犯罪者往往持有一些态度和信念，这些态度和信念会淡化并为他们的犯罪行为辩护。研究假设，支持性犯罪和责任归因的扭曲思维会因不同类型性犯罪者的犯罪特征而异。
根据受害者年龄将两组性犯罪者（针对儿童的性犯罪者，36人；针对成人的性犯罪者，30人）进行比较，比较内容包括与儿童性行为及强奸相关的认知扭曲测量，以及一项评估外部、心理因素和内疚感归因的责任归因测量。
儿童性犯罪者认可更多与儿童性行为相关的认知扭曲，但在与强奸相关的认知扭曲方面两组没有差异。侵害成人的犯罪者报告了更多的外部归因，而侵害儿童的犯罪者报告了更多的内疚感归因。心理因素归因与犯罪时的酒精中毒和暴力使用有关，但与组间差异无关。
研究结果表明，儿童性犯罪者通过更持久的扭曲认知来支持其犯罪行为，而侵害成人的犯罪者则使用与特定犯罪相关的责任归因。
