Brown Anthony S, Gray Nicola S, Snowden Robert J
Cardiff University, UK.
Sex Abuse. 2009 Jun;21(2):166-80. doi: 10.1177/1079063209332234.
The Implicit Association Test was used to measure cognitive associations between children and sex in men convicted of child-sex offences. It was hypothesized that these cognitions would be different in pedophilic-type offenders (defined by having a victim aged less than 12 years) and hebephilic-type offenders (only victims aged 12 to 15 years) such that only the pedophilic-type offenders would have an implicit association between children and sex. This was confirmed. It was also hypothesized that this association between children and sex in the pedophilic-type offenders would be present irrespective of their denial of offence history. This was also confirmed. These results demonstrate differences in the cognitive associations between children and sex held by subgroups of child-sex abusers, and they help establish the Implicit Association Test as an indirect means to assess cognitive factors related to sexual offences.
内隐联想测验被用于测量因儿童性犯罪而被定罪的男性对于儿童与性别的认知关联。研究假设，恋童癖型犯罪者（定义为受害者年龄小于12岁）和青春期前型犯罪者（仅受害者年龄为12至15岁）的这些认知会有所不同，即只有恋童癖型犯罪者会在儿童与性之间存在内隐关联。这一假设得到了证实。研究还假设，恋童癖型犯罪者中儿童与性之间的这种关联会存在，无论他们是否否认犯罪历史。这一假设也得到了证实。这些结果表明了儿童性虐待者亚群体在儿童与性别的认知关联上存在差异，并且有助于确立内隐联想测验作为评估与性犯罪相关认知因素的一种间接手段。
