Pazhooyan Mahdieh, Fathali Lavasani Fahimeh, Edalati Shateri Zohreh, Zahedi Tajrishi Komeil
Department of Clinical Psychology, School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health (Tehran Institute of Psychiatry), Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Faculty of Education Sciences and Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health. 2024 Sep 3;18(1):109. doi: 10.1186/s13034-024-00802-3.
Sexual offenses encompass a diverse array of behaviors across various contexts, affecting numerous individuals. Despite the prevalence of sexual offending among adolescents, there is still a limited understanding of this population. To contribute further to the literature in this field, the present study was conducted to compare a group of male adolescents convicted of sexual offenses with a control group in terms of reflective functioning (RF), emotion regulation (ER) strategies, and emotion dysregulation (ED).
60 male adolescents aged 12 to 18 years (M = 16.90; SD = 0.97) who had been convicted of at least one serious sexual offense were recruited from male adolescents referred by juvenile courts to the Legal Medicine Organization in Mashhad, Iran, and compared with a control group of non-offending adolescents consisting of 60 male adolescents aged 12 to 18 years (M = 16.97; SD = 0.82) who were attending school. The groups were matched on age and education level.
A comparison between these two groups revealed that adolescents with a history of sexual offending exhibited poorer RF capacity, greater use of suppression as an ER strategy, and higher scores in all ED domains (p's < 0.001) except non-acceptance of emotional responses compared with the control group.
Results suggest that RF, ER strategies, and ED need to be considered as important psychological factors in understanding and treating adolescents with a history of sexual offending.
性犯罪涵盖了各种背景下的一系列不同行为，影响着众多个体。尽管青少年性犯罪普遍存在，但对这一群体的了解仍然有限。为了进一步丰富该领域的文献，本研究旨在比较一组被判有性犯罪的男性青少年与一个对照组在反思功能（RF）、情绪调节（ER）策略和情绪失调（ED）方面的差异。
从伊朗马什哈德法医组织转介的男性青少年中招募了60名年龄在12至18岁之间（M = 16.90；SD = 0.97）且至少被判一项严重性犯罪的男性青少年，并与一个由60名年龄在12至18岁之间（M = 16.97；SD = 0.82）的非犯罪青少年对照组进行比较，这些非犯罪青少年均为在校学生。两组在年龄和教育水平上相匹配。
两组之间的比较显示，与对照组相比，有性犯罪史的青少年表现出较差的RF能力，更多地使用压抑作为一种ER策略，并且在除不接受情绪反应之外的所有ED领域得分更高（p值<0.001）。
结果表明，RF、ER策略和ED需要被视为理解和治疗有性犯罪史青少年的重要心理因素。
