Grabell Adam S, Knight Raymond A
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1043, USA.
Sex Abuse. 2009 Jun;21(2):208-22. doi: 10.1177/1079063209333133. Epub 2009 Apr 7.
Findings in the sexual aggression literature on the link between childhood sexual abuse and future sexual coercion have been inconsistent. In adult sexual offenders, studies have found that the relation of sexual abuse to sexual coercion is mediated by sexually related deviant cognitions, but this mediation is not found when replicated on juvenile sexual offenders. In this study it is hypothesized that this link will be found in juvenile sexual offenders when their sexual abuse history is stratified into discrete developmental epochs. It is further hypothesized that the age range of 3 to 7 years, when children rapidly acquire inhibition and cognitive flexibility skills, will be the most potent predictor. A sample of 193 juvenile sexual offenders is used to examine whether sexual abuse specifically in this discrete period, as opposed to other periods, predicts subsequent sexual fantasy. The results confirm that sexual abuse correlates with later adolescent sexual fantasy only during the 3- to 7-year epoch.
关于童年期性虐待与未来性侵犯之间联系的性侵犯文献中的研究结果并不一致。在成年性犯罪者中，研究发现性虐待与性侵犯之间的关系是由与性相关的异常认知介导的，但在对青少年性犯罪者进行重复研究时未发现这种中介作用。在本研究中，假设当青少年性犯罪者的性虐待史被分层到不同的发育阶段时，会发现这种联系。进一步假设，在儿童快速获得抑制和认知灵活性技能的3至7岁年龄范围将是最有力的预测因素。使用193名青少年性犯罪者的样本，来检验在这个特定的离散时期而非其他时期的性虐待是否能预测随后的性幻想。结果证实，只有在3至7岁期间，性虐待才与后来青少年的性幻想相关。
