ArticleArchives of sexual behavior2022
Neurodevelopmental Differences, Pedohebephilia, and Sexual Offending: Findings from Two Online Surveys.
Article in Archives of sexual behavior, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- The Treatment Needs and Experiences of Pedohebephiles: A Systematic Review.Archives of sexual behavior · 2024Pooled it
- Scoring Algorithms to Optimize Viewing Time Measures of Sexual Interest in Children.Archives of sexual behavior · 2026Article
- Opening the Discussion on the Costs of Pedophilic Disorder as a Mental Health Concern.Archives of sexual behavior · 2026Article
- Viewing Time Behavior in a Diverse Sample of 320 Pedohebephilic and Teleiophilic Men Who Have Committed Child Sexual Offense and Who Have Not.Archives of sexual behavior · 2026Article
- Modulation of the attentional response to baby schema by testosterone in pedohebephilic men and its relation to the nurturing system.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Stigma processes, psychological distress, and attitudes toward seeking treatment among pedohebephilic people.PloS one · 2024Article
- The Viewing Reaction Time as a Diagnostic Tool of Pedohebephilia in the Dunkelfeld.Archives of sexual behavior · 2024Article
- Pedohebephilia and Perceived Non-coercive Childhood Sexual Experiences: Two Non-matched Case-Control Studies.Sexual abuse : a journal of research and treatment · 2023Article
- Pedophile, Child Lover, or Minor-Attracted Person? Attitudes Toward Labels Among People Who are Sexually Attracted to Children.Archives of sexual behavior · 2022Article
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Abstract
The neurodevelopmental theory of pedohebephilia states that sexual interests in children arise from early neurodevelopmental perturbations, as, for example, evidenced by increased non-right-handedness, more childhood head injuries, and reduced intelligence and height. As corroborating evidence largely rests on samples of convicted men, we conducted online surveys among German-speaking (Study 1, N = 199) and English-speaking men (Study 2, N = 632), specifically targeting community members with pedohebephilic or teleiophilic interests. Although we detected theoretically meaningful sexual interest patterns in an embedded viewing time task, we could not detect expected neurodevelopmental differences between teleiophilic and pedohebephilic men in either of the two studies. Strikingly, pedohebephilic men who reported convictions for sexual offenses emerged as shorter and less intelligent than pedohebephilic men without convictions in Study 2. While elucidating possible third variable confounds, results have to be interpreted cautiously because of the methodological problems inherent to non-matched case control designs.
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