University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA.
Sex Abuse. 2010 Mar;22(1):58-77. doi: 10.1177/1079063209353183. Epub 2009 Nov 18.
This study explores in an adolescent sample hypotheses about child sexual abuse perpetration drawn from contemporary theories that implicate insecure attachment and adolescent social development. Specifically, three 13- to 18-year-old adolescent male samples (sex offenders with child victims, sex offenders with peer/adult victims, and nonsex delinquent youth) were compared in a cross-sectional design. Participants completed a computer-administered self-report questionnaire and a semistructured attachment style interview. Attachment style was coded by two independent raters blind to study hypotheses and group membership. The results indicated an indirect effect for attachment style. Attachment anxiety affected involvement with peers and interpersonal adequacy. Feelings of interpersonal inadequacy, combined with oversexualization and positive attitudes toward others distinguished sex offenders with child victims from nonsex delinquents and from sex offenders with peer/adult victims. These data provide a preliminary model of sexual abuse perpetration consistent with contemporary theories. Attachment anxiety with a lack of misanthropic attitudes toward others appears to lead to isolation from peers and feelings of interpersonal inadequacy. Individuals with this constellation of factors may turn to children to meet their intimacy and sexual needs, both of which seem to be exaggerated compared with other troubled youth.
本研究旨在青少年样本中探索当代理论所提出的关于儿童性虐待行为的假设，这些理论暗示了不安全的依恋关系和青少年的社会发展。具体来说，我们在横断面设计中比较了三个 13 至 18 岁的青少年男性样本（有儿童受害者的性犯罪者、有同龄人和成人受害者的性犯罪者以及非性犯罪的青少年）。参与者完成了计算机辅助的自我报告问卷和半结构化的依恋风格访谈。依恋风格由两位独立的评分者进行编码，他们对研究假设和群体成员一无所知。结果表明，依恋风格存在间接影响。依恋焦虑会影响与同伴的关系和人际能力。人际能力不足的感觉，加上对他人的过度性化和积极态度，将有儿童受害者的性犯罪者与非性犯罪的青少年和有同龄人和成人受害者的性犯罪者区分开来。这些数据提供了一个与当代理论一致的性虐待行为的初步模型。与他人缺乏厌恶态度的依恋焦虑似乎导致与同伴隔离和人际能力不足。具有这种因素组合的个体可能会转向儿童来满足他们的亲密感和性需求，与其他问题青少年相比，这些需求似乎被夸大了。
