Cohen Lisa J, McGeoch Pamela G, Gans Sniezyna Watras, Nikiforov Konstantin, Cullen Ken, Galynker Igor I
Beth Israel Medical Center, 6 Karpas, 1st Ave. and 16th St., New York, New York 10003, USA.
J Nerv Ment Dis. 2002 Nov;190(11):757-66. doi: 10.1097/00005053-200211000-00006.
Despite the widespread incidence of childhood sexual abuse, there is insufficient investigation into the childhood sexual history of perpetrators. In addition, there is little published on the specific similarities between childhood and adult sexual histories. The present study investigates the incidence of childhood sexual abuse in a carefully characterized sample of male pedophiles compared with a demographically similar control group. Concordance between and cognitive distortions about characteristics of childhood abuse and pedophilic behavior are also studied. Twenty men with pedophilia, heterosexual type were compared with 24 demographically similar, healthy male control subjects on a questionnaire specifically designed to assess childhood sexual history in pedophiles. Sixty percent of pedophiles compared with 4% of control subjects reported adult sexual advances as a child. Seventy-five percent of pedophiles and 22% of control subjects reported a first sexual encounter before age 14 years. About 60% concordance was found between acts experienced as a child and perpetrated as an adult. Finally, numerous inconsistencies throughout the questionnaire add preliminary support for the role of cognitive distortions with regard to childhood and adult sexual history. The present findings replicate the elevated rate of childhood sexual abuse found among pedophiles and are consistent with the notion of a causative relationship between early childhood abuse and later pedophilic behavior.
尽管儿童性虐待的发生率很高，但对犯罪者童年性经历的调查却不够充分。此外，关于儿童和成人性经历之间的具体相似之处的公开报道很少。本研究调查了精心挑选的男性恋童癖样本中儿童性虐待的发生率，并与人口统计学特征相似的对照组进行比较。同时还研究了童年虐待特征与恋童癖行为之间的一致性以及认知扭曲情况。将20名异性恋型恋童癖男性与24名人口统计学特征相似的健康男性对照受试者进行比较，通过一份专门设计的问卷来评估恋童癖者的童年性经历。60%的恋童癖者报告称小时候曾有过成人性侵犯行为，而对照组这一比例为4%。75%的恋童癖者和22%的对照受试者报告首次性接触发生在14岁之前。在儿童时期经历的行为与成年后实施的行为之间发现了约60%的一致性。最后，问卷中存在大量不一致之处，这为认知扭曲在儿童和成人性经历方面所起的作用提供了初步支持。目前的研究结果重复了在恋童癖者中发现的儿童性虐待高发生率，并与童年早期虐待与后期恋童癖行为之间存在因果关系的观点一致。
