Department of Psychology, Saint Mary's University.
Department of Psychology, Carleton University.
J Abnorm Psychol. 2017 Nov;126(8):1114-1119. doi: 10.1037/abn0000291.
Pedophilia refers to the recurrent, intense sexual interest in prepubescent children who, by definition, have not developed any secondary sex characteristics. Researchers have begun to investigate whether persons with pedophilia are qualitatively different from those without pedophilia (pedophilia is a taxon) or if people vary in their level of sexual interest toward children (pedophilia is dimensional). Two relatively small studies have previously attempted to address this question, but produced conflicting results. The present study built on these studies with a substantially larger sample of 2,227 men who committed sexual offenses and were assessed at a sexual behavior clinic. The present study also examined a broader range of measures more closely approximating the diagnostic criteria for pedophilic disorder, including phallometric assessment of sexual arousal patterns. The results of 3 taxometric analyses did not find support for the assertion that pedophilia is a taxon. (PsycINFO Database Record
恋童癖是指对尚未发育出任何第二性征的青春期前儿童反复、强烈的性兴趣。研究人员已经开始研究恋童癖者是否与非恋童癖者（恋童癖是一个分类）在质上有所不同，或者人们对儿童的性兴趣程度是否有所不同（恋童癖是一个维度）。此前已有两项相对较小的研究试图解决这个问题，但结果却相互矛盾。本研究在前两项研究的基础上，对 2227 名在性行为诊所接受评估的性犯罪男性进行了一项规模更大的研究。本研究还使用了更广泛的一系列更接近恋童癖障碍诊断标准的测量方法，包括对性唤起模式的阴茎测量评估。3 项分类分析的结果均不支持恋童癖是一个分类的说法。
