Psychology, Department of
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Date of this Version
7-2015
Citation
Published in International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology (2015), 13pp.; doi: 10.1177/0306624X15593748
Abstract
The impact of sexual fantasies in future risk and treatment response among sexual offenders has long been known. However, as we develop objective self-report measures of sexual fantasies, response bias is becoming an increasing concern. In examining a sample of institutionalized sex offenders, the present study suggests that offenders’ responses on these measures are prone to response bias, the bias does not negate their associations with other self-report measures of sexual deviance, and relationship of their sexual fantasies does not appear to relate to actual behavioral indications. Clinical and research implications for these findings are discussed.
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Copyright © 2015 Kindra Seifert, Jenna Boulas, Matthew T. Huss, and Mario J. Scalora. Published by SAGE Publications. Used by permission.