Department of Psychology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6040, United States.
Clin Psychol Rev. 2010 Apr;30(3):317-25. doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2009.12.006. Epub 2010 Jan 4.
Contemporaneous theories of the etiology and treatment of sex offenders incorporate the notion that negative affect is causally related to sexually deviant behavior. Specifically, one current theory suggests that sex functions as a mechanism for alleviating negative affect among sex offenders. This paper critically reviews research examining the hypothesis that sex functions as a coping strategy among sex offenders as well as literature suggesting there is a causal relation among negative affect, deviant sexual fantasies, and sexual offending. Due to methodological limitations, the literature in this review does not support a causal relation between negative affect and sexual offending, or the hypothesis that sex functions to alleviate negative affect. Methodological strengths and weaknesses of this area of research are discussed and suggestions for future research are provided.
当代关于性犯罪者病因和治疗的理论都包含了这样一种观点，即负面情绪与性行为异常之间存在因果关系。具体来说，目前有一种理论认为，性行为是性犯罪者缓解负面情绪的一种机制。本文批判性地回顾了研究性行为是否是性犯罪者应对策略的假设，以及表明负面情绪、异常性幻想和性犯罪之间存在因果关系的文献。由于方法学的限制，本综述中的文献并不支持负面情绪与性犯罪之间存在因果关系，也不支持性行为可以缓解负面情绪的假设。讨论了该研究领域的方法学优势和劣势，并为未来的研究提供了建议。
