Petruccelli Irene, Simonelli Chiara, Barbaranelli Claudio, Grilli Simona, Tripodi Maria Francesca, D'Urso Giulio
Faculty of Human and Social Sciences,"Kore" University of Enna, Italy.
Sapienza University of Rome.
Psychiatr Psychol Law. 2016 Dec 1;24(3):470-480. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2016.1252291. eCollection 2017.
Sexual abuse is a heterogeneous phenomenon. The literature on sexual offenders considers risk factors in the individual and familial history as well as precursors such as cognitive distortions, defence mechanisms and moral disengagement (MD) mechanisms. This study investigates the MD in sex offenders and non-sex offenders in a sample of 362 males comprising a control group of 268 non-offenders, a group of 42 detained sex offenders and a group of 52 detained non-sex offenders. Participants were administered a semi-structured interview and the Moral Disengagement Scale (MDS). The results show a significant difference between the jailed participants (non-sex offenders and sex offenders) and controls; offenders were found to generally display overall higher levels of MD. Among the jailed participants, sex offenders seem to make more use of MD mechanisms than non-sex offenders.
性虐待是一种复杂的现象。关于性犯罪者的文献探讨了个人和家族史中的风险因素以及诸如认知扭曲、防御机制和道德推脱(MD)机制等先兆因素。本研究在一个由362名男性组成的样本中调查了性犯罪者和非性犯罪者的道德推脱情况,该样本包括一个由268名非犯罪者组成的对照组、一组42名被拘留的性犯罪者和一组52名被拘留的非性犯罪者。参与者接受了半结构化访谈和道德推脱量表(MDS)测试。结果显示,被监禁的参与者(非性犯罪者和性犯罪者)与对照组之间存在显著差异;发现犯罪者总体上表现出更高水平的道德推脱。在被监禁的参与者中,性犯罪者似乎比非性犯罪者更多地使用道德推脱机制。