Children who engaged in interpersonal problematic sexual behaviors

DeLago, Cynthia; Schroeder, Christine; Cooper, Beth A.; Deblinger, Esther; Dudek, Emily; Yu, Regina; Finkel, Martin A.

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.104260

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“…Research from clinical/community samples does not offer an established typology of SB among children or adolescents either (Chaffin et al, 2008;Fanniff et al, 2014). However, the low/no SB, dysregulated SB, and preoccupied SB subtypes suggested by the current study do appear to be consistent with a common categorization in clinical settings of youth with SB into children with predominantly interpersonal SB (i.e., SB "involving another individual"; Allen, 2017, p. 192;DeLago et al, 2020) and children with selffocused SB (Allen, 2017;Elkovitch et al, 2009). Children with interpersonal SB appear to exhibit more developmental difficulties such as skills deficits and higher rates of abuse experiences than typically developed youth (Elkovitch et al, 2009).…”

Section: Heterogeneity Of Sexualized Behaviorsupporting

confidence: 81%

“…Nowadays, children are routinely exposed to sexualized and/or sexually explicit content by both traditional sources (e.g., TV, billboards, magazines) and new media (e.g., internet, apps, chats) (e.g., Albury, 2013;Efrati, 2020). Research indicates that exposure to sexualized content contributes to premature and problematic sexual preoccupations, interests, and behaviors, including coercive sexual behaviors among youth (DeLago et al, 2020;Dillard et al, 2019;Efrati, 2020;Hill, 2011;Lillie, 2017;Ybarra et al, 2011). However, differentiating non-normative from normative sexual development in childhood and adolescence is challenging, and definitions vary (e.g., Chaffin et al, 2008;Elkovitch et al, 2009;Russell, 2020).…”

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Sexualized Behavior Among Adolescents Who Sexually Offended

Krause¹,

Barra

Landolt

et al. 2022

Arch Sex Behav

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Early or excessive sexualized behaviors and preoccupations with sexuality (SB) exhibited by juveniles who have sexually offended (JSO) are considered risk factors for sexual recidivism. However, research into SB among JSO is scarce. The present study retrospectively examined prevalence rates and patterns of SB among JSO prior to sexual offending and their relation to psychopathology and sexual recidivism. We systematically assessed information from psychiatric and psychological expert reports in case files of 230 JSO aged 12–18 years (M = 14.46, SD = 1.49) from a population sample of JSO with contact sexual offenses. A total of 93 (40.4%) JSO exhibited SB prior to the index sexual offense. Latent class analysis revealed three SB profiles: (1) “low/no SB” (n = 188), (2) “preoccupied SB” (preoccupation with sexuality, e.g., early pornography consumption, excessive masturbation; n = 29), and (3) “dysregulated SB” (exhibiting inappropriate sexualized behaviors toward others, e.g., sexualized speech, touching others inappropriately; n = 13). The preoccupied SB and the dysregulated SB groups showed higher prevalence of psychiatric disorders than the low/no SB. However, none of the JSO of the preoccupied SB or dysregulated SB groups reoffended sexually within 365 days after conviction for the sexual index offense (low/no SB: 12.8%). Overall, our findings do not support a general notion of the presence of SB as an indicator of high risk for persistent sexual offending among JSO. Instead, JSO with SB appear particularly burdened regarding a range of psychiatric disorders that should be treated accordingly.

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Section: Heterogeneity Of Sexualized Behaviorsupporting

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Sexualized Behavior Among Adolescents Who Sexually Offended

Krause¹,

Barra

Landolt

et al. 2022

Arch Sex Behav

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“…Children with PSB are increasingly coming to the attention of mental health professionals, with some child-serving outpatient programs reporting a significant increase in the frequency of PSB as a presenting concern (DeLago et al, 2020). This may partially be attributable to a greater appreciation of the risk such children pose both to themselves and to other children.…”

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Psychometric evaluation of a single-item screening tool for the presence of problematic sexual behavior among preteen children

Allen,

Pistone

2023

Child Abuse & Neglect

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“…It is important to note that the focus of this review does not include children with sexual behavior problems (CSBP). The assessment and treatment of CSBP is known to differ from the assessment and treatment of adolescents who have engaged in sexually abusive behaviors, and therefore, a discussion of assessment and prevention efforts with CSBP would stretch beyond the scope of this paper (see Chaffin et al, 2006;DeLago et al, 2020;Miccio-Fonseca, 2020; for further discussion).…”

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A compendium of risk and needs tools for assessing male youths at-risk to and/or who have engaged in sexually abusive behaviors

Jung

Thomas

2022

Sex. Offending

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Using a standardized, validated risk assessment tool is an integral part of risk management and should be employed to evaluate a youth who is at risk to and/or has engaged in sexually abusive behaviors. Risk and needs tools are needed to inform critical decisions about the allocation of services and the areas that should be targeted in treatment and supervision. Although practitioners have a number of published tools to their avail, it is often less practical to discover the type of tool, where to access the tool, information regarding its psychometric properties, and how to access relevant training. This paper offers a brief compendium of youth-applied risk tools specific to male youths who are at risk to and/or who have engaged in sexually abusive behaviors; specifically, a description of the tool and its psychometric properties, along with where practitioners may access these tools and any relevant training in using these tools, are summarized. In light of the challenges that exist when assessing risk among youths, caveats and considerations are also explored.

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Children who engaged in interpersonal problematic sexual behaviors

Cited by 10 publications

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Sexualized Behavior Among Adolescents Who Sexually Offended

Sexualized Behavior Among Adolescents Who Sexually Offended

Psychometric evaluation of a single-item screening tool for the presence of problematic sexual behavior among preteen children

A compendium of risk and needs tools for assessing male youths at-risk to and/or who have engaged in sexually abusive behaviors

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