Pädophile Neigungen offenbaren: Stigma-Management bei Patienten aus dem Berliner Präventionsprojekt Dunkelfeld

Wagner, Tilmann; Jahnke, Sara A.; Beier, Klaus M.; Hoyer, Jürgen; Scherner, Gerold

doi:10.1055/s-0042-108000

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“…Due to the confidential nature of the therapeutic setting, some people with pedophilia choose to disclose to a mental health care practitioner (Wagner, Jahnke, Beier, Hoyer, & Scherner, 2016). In a recent prevalence survey, only 12.3% of all men with sexual interest in children reported having considered seeking professional help, but the rate jumped to 50% among those whose sexual attraction to children surpassed their attraction to adults (Dombert et al, 2016).…”

Section: Stigma Against People With Pedophilia In the Mental Health P...mentioning

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The Stigma of Pedophilia

Jahnke

2018

European Psychologist

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Abstract. There is an emerging consensus among researchers that having pedophilic interests is not synonymous with child sexual abuse or other amoral behavior. Nevertheless, misconceptions about pedophilia are highly prevalent among the general public and mental health practitioners. This article provides an overview of recent findings on the stigma of pedophilia and derives guidelines for mental health practitioners based on these results. We argue that stigmatization of people with pedophilic sexual interests has undesired indirect effects on risk factors for child sexual abuse, particularly on an emotional and social level. Also, fear of being rejected or treated unethically may prevent pedophilic individuals at risk for sexual offending from confiding in medical practitioners or psychotherapists. Psychologists working with pedophilic individuals in forensic or clinical settings should be aware that stigmatizing people with pedophilia may increase their risk of sexual offending, and provide help to deal with potential stigma-related repercussions.

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Section: Stigma Against People With Pedophilia In the Mental Health P...mentioning

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The Stigma of Pedophilia

Jahnke

2018

European Psychologist

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“…This in turn can be an expression of a self-reinforcing stigma. Due to the powerful stigmatization that minor-attracted persons experience, they usually do not disclose themselves (Grady et al, 2018; Jahnke, 2018b; Jahnke, Schmidt, et al, 2015; Wagner et al, 2016), which means that those who are not affected hardly ever have the possibility to reduce stigmatizing attitudes by direct contact with people who are affected, which according to previous findings would be one of the most effective strategies against stigmatization (London & Evans-Lacko, 2010; Pettigrew & Tropp, 2006). We think that a practical place to break this circle is the media coverage.…”

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Journalism and pedophilia: Background on the media coverage of a stigmatized minority.

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The stigma against persons with pedophilic interests (minor-attracted persons) leads to serious consequences for those affected, adds to the development of a sexual preference disorder (which is a sexual preference for children accompanied by psychological distress and/or risk for direct and indirect sexual behavior against children) and increases their risk of becoming offenders. One-sided media coverage maintains and reinforces the existing stigma by continuously and inadequately conflating minor-attracted persons with sexually abusive behavior against children. To destigmatize pedophilia and support nonoffending minor-attracted persons, journalists have a great responsibility to portray pedophilia appropriately. Until now, nothing is known on the journalists' knowledge and personal attitude of minor-attracted people. Therefore, this paper addresses the question of how journalists deal with the topic of pedophilia, in detail what they know about pedophilia, what attitudes and emotions are associated with the topic and what thoughts about prevention of child sexual abuse (CSA) journalists have. We conducted 11 qualitative interviews with journalists who had published at least one article on pedophilia or CSA within 2018. The transcripts were processed using qualitative content analysis. The results show that the interviewees largely defined pedophilia as consistent with scientific evidence but overestimated the risk for minor-attracted persons of becoming an offender. At the same time, many respondents were aware that persons who are not attracted to minors also abuse children sexually. Strong or negative feelings toward minor-attracted persons were reported only occasionally. Rather, the interviewees talked about sympathy as long as minor-attracted persons did not offend children. The interviewed journalists were generally open to a differentiated, evidence-based reporting, which could be a first step toward destigmatizing pedophilia, making supportive services known and, as a consequence, preventing CSA.

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“…Quantitative research is needed in order to study how closely acceptance of SIM is related to measures of other constructs like the Unconditional Self-Acceptance Questionnaire (Chamberlain and Haaga, 2001), the Emotional Processing Scale (Baker et al, 2015), and/or the Thought Control Questionnaire (Wells and Davies, 1994). For a broader treatment plan, going beyond directly focusing on the main risk factors, research on the relation of acceptance of SIM to constructs associated with emotional well-being should be conducted, e.g., on how closely it is related to the context of personal suffering, including ambivalent identity experience (Blagden et al, 2018) and stigma-related stress (Jahnke et al, 2015;Wagner et al, 2016;Lievesley et al, 2020;Stelzmann et al, 2020).…”

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Acceptance of Sexual Interest in Minors in Self-Referred Individuals Under Treatment – An Exploratory Pilot Study

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Some therapists/scientists argue that “acceptance” of sexual interest in minors (SIM), i.e., the integration of the sexual preference into the individual self-concept, is a prerequisite for dealing with SIM in a responsible way. However, if one assumes that – even in some persons – SIM might change over time, “acceptance” could also run counter to therapeutic targets because the motivation to change as well as the specific self-efficacy for modifying SIM might be reduced. This exploratory pilot study analyzes the relationship between acceptance of SIM and (1) dynamic risk for contact sexual reoffending, (2) SIM and frequency of the use of child/adolescent (sexual abuse) imagery, (3) frequency of sexual desire/behavior toward children/adolescents, and (4) the change of the level of acceptance of SIM during the course of treatment. The majority of the participants (N = 79) was not exclusively interested in children (85%) and used child pornography but did not commit child sexual abuse (54%). Acceptance of SIM, frequency of the use of child/adolescent (sexual abuse) imagery and frequency of sexual desire/behavior toward children/adolescents are assessed via self-report questionnaires, dynamic risk for contact sexual reoffending is measured by STABLE-2007. Pretreatment data are analyzed via Spearman’s correlation (N = 79). Intragroup analysis compares acceptance of SIM from pre- and posttreatment (n = 35). There was no correlation between acceptance of SIM and dynamic risk for contact sexual reoffending. However, there was a medium, positive correlation between acceptance of SIM and the frequency of the use of legal imagery of children, a positive correlation between the item “My inclination is an integral part of my personality” and the frequency of the use of legal imagery of children, and a positive correlation between acceptance of SIM and the frequency of sexual activities with minors. Acceptance of SIM did not change during the course of treatment. The results suggest that “acceptance” of SIM has to be discussed in a differentiated way, i.e., as possibly being associated with positive and negative outcomes as well.

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Pädophile Neigungen offenbaren: Stigma-Management bei Patienten aus dem Berliner Präventionsprojekt Dunkelfeld

Cited by 12 publications

References 32 publications

The Stigma of Pedophilia

The Stigma of Pedophilia

Journalism and pedophilia: Background on the media coverage of a stigmatized minority.

Acceptance of Sexual Interest in Minors in Self-Referred Individuals Under Treatment – An Exploratory Pilot Study

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