An Examination of Individual Differences and Factor Structure on the LS/CMI: Does This Popular Risk Assessment Tool Measure Up?
In: Deviant behavior: an interdisciplinary journal, Band 38, Heft 3, S. 306-317
ISSN: 1521-0456
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In: Deviant behavior: an interdisciplinary journal, Band 38, Heft 3, S. 306-317
ISSN: 1521-0456
In: Journal of family violence, Band 22, Heft 3, S. 165-174
ISSN: 1573-2851
In: Sexual abuse: official journal of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA), Band 14, Heft 1, S. 19-30
ISSN: 1573-286X
The Wilson Sex Fantasy Questionnaire (WSFQ; Wilson, 1978) is a 40-item self-report questionnaire that assesses 4 types of sexual fantasies: Exploratory, Intimate, Impersonal, and Sadomasochistic. The goal of the present study was to examine the differences between child molesters (n = 64) and nonsexual offenders (n = 41) on the WSFQ. Comparisons included the four underlying factors, 2 factors associated with the fantasizer's role in the fantasy (active vs. passive), and 2 items most closely related to sexual molestation behavior. Results found that molesters reported higher scores on the Exploratory and Intimate subscales, as well as overall fantasy. Scores on the Impersonal and Sadomasochistic subscales were not significantly different. Molesters also reported higher scores on fantasies where they were the actor, and higher scores on fantasies most closely related to sexual molestation behavior. Subsequent analyses found that both offender groups reported significantly lower levels of fantasies than college comparison subjects and noncriminal sexual deviants. Differences among the 2 study groups are discussed in terms of social and cognitive characteristics of molesters.
In: Psychological services, Band 2, Heft 2, S. 133-141
ISSN: 1939-148X