Jones Sara, Joyal Christian C, Cisler Josh M, Bai Shasha
a College of Nursing, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences , Little Rock , Arkansas , USA.
b Department of Psychology , University of Quebec at Trois-Rivieres , Quebec , Canada.
J Child Sex Abus. 2017 Jan;26(1):40-57. doi: 10.1080/10538712.2016.1259280. Epub 2016 Dec 20.
This exploratory study compared juveniles who sexually offend to nonoffending juveniles in their capacities to behaviorally and neurologically regulate, or reappraise, negative emotions. Participants were 39 juvenile males, including 10 healthy, nonoffending control subjects and 29 juveniles who sexually offend, comprising 12 juveniles who sexually offend with history of child sexual abuse. Participants completed a clinical assessment and a reappraisal task during functional magnetic resonance imaging. Difficulties in Emotional Regulation Scale results showed significantly less difficulties in emotion regulation among controls compared to juveniles who sexually offend, but when self-rating reappraisal abilities during the functional magnetic resonance imaging, all groups obtained comparable results. The imaging results showed no significant differences in fronto-temporal regions between controls and juveniles who sexually offend. Differences were found in other regions indicated in cognitive control, working memory, and emotional processing between controls and juveniles who sexually offend as well as between juveniles who sexually offend and those without history of child sexual abuse. Findings suggest that juveniles who sexually offend are capable of emotion regulation.
这项探索性研究比较了有性侵犯行为的青少年与无此行为的青少年在行为和神经层面调节或重新评估负面情绪的能力。研究参与者为39名青少年男性，其中包括10名健康的、无犯罪行为的对照受试者，以及29名有性侵犯行为的青少年，其中12名有性侵犯行为的青少年有儿童性虐待史。参与者在功能磁共振成像期间完成了一项临床评估和一项重新评估任务。情绪调节困难量表结果显示，与有性侵犯行为的青少年相比，对照组在情绪调节方面的困难明显更少，但在功能磁共振成像期间自我评定重新评估能力时，所有组的结果相当。成像结果显示，对照组和有性侵犯行为的青少年在额颞区域没有显著差异。在认知控制、工作记忆和情绪处理方面，对照组与有性侵犯行为的青少年之间以及有性侵犯行为的青少年与没有儿童性虐待史的青少年之间，在其他区域发现了差异。研究结果表明，有性侵犯行为的青少年具备情绪调节能力。
