Test-retest reliability of audio-taped phallometric stimuli with adolescent sexual offenders

Becker, Judith V.; Hunter, John; Goodwin, Dennis W.; Kaplan, Meg S.; Martinez, Douglas

doi:10.1007/bf00849876

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“…The auditory stimuli used with this sample were developed by Becker, Hunter, Goodwin, Kaplan, and Martinez (1992). The stimuli are 2‐min long and describe dyadic interactions that vary according to the age and gender of the target person depicted, as well as the nature of the behavior involved (‘consenting’ or nonconsenting).…”

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Detecting Anomalous Sexual Interests in Juvenile Sex Offenders

Seto

Murphy

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et al. 2003

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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Phallometric studies suggest that some adolescent sex offenders exhibit anomalous sexual interests. However, there have been ethical and practical objections to the phallometric testing of adolescents. Alternative measures may be needed if we are to understand the role of anomalous sexual interests in adolescent sexual offending. The Screening Scale for Pedophilic Interests (SSPI) was designed as a brief measure of pedophilic interests based on sexual offense history variables: any male victims, more than one victim, any victims under age 12, and any unrelated victims. Score on the SSPI is significantly and positively correlated with phallometrically measured pedophilic interests among adult offenders against children. In this study, the SSPI was scored in three samples of adolescent sex offenders who underwent phallometric testing for pedophilic interests. Scores on the SSPI were positively correlated with a phallometric index of relative sexual arousal to children in all three samples. This relationship was strongest using visual stimuli. The positive relationship between SSPI scores and pedophilic responding held up despite the use of different penile measures, stimulus sets, procedures, and scoring methods. The usefulness of the SSPI as a proxy measure among adolescents is discussed.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Detecting Anomalous Sexual Interests in Juvenile Sex Offenders

Seto

Murphy

Page

et al. 2003

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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“…The utility of PPG for assessing adults who have sexually offended is relatively clear; for example, pedophilic sexual interests can be reliably detected even in nonadmitting adults (Blanchard, Klassen, Dickey, Kuban, & Blak, 2001). The few research teams conducting empirical studies of PPG use with adolescents who have sexually offended, however, have not yet found clear evidence of the external validity of these PPG results (Becker, Hunter, Goodwin, Kaplan, & Martinez, 1992; Becker, Kaplan, & Tenke, 1992; Clift et al, 2009; Gretton, McBride, Hare, O’Shaughnessy, & Kumka, 2001; Hunter, Goodwin, & Becker, 1994; Kaemingk, Koselka, Becker, & Kaplan, 1995; Rice, Harris, Lang, & Chaplin, 2012; Seto, Lalumière, & Blanchard, 2000).…”

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Assessing Sexual Interest in Adolescents Who Have Sexually Offended

Mackaronis

Byrne²,

Strassberg

2014

Sex Abuse

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Adolescents who have sexually offended have unique treatment needs. For mental health professionals to adequately address these unique needs, further research is necessary. To that end, we explored the assessment of sexual interest (which may play an integral role in understanding potential for sexual reoffending) in a sample of 103 male adolescents who have sexually offended. We compared results from a physiological assessment (MONARCH 21 penile plethysmography [PPG]) and an actuarial assessment (Screening Scale for Pedophilic Interest [SSPI]), plus data from an unobstrusive assessment (Affinity, a viewing time measure) in a smaller subsample of 16 male adolescents. One finding that has particular relevance for clinical assessment is that the SSPI may have limited utility with adolescents. We also found evidence for some overlap between data from PPG and viewing time assessments, although whether or not PPG data are ipsatized may affect relationships with other assessment modalities.

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“…There is also little evidence to support the use of PPG with adolescent samples. PPG’s test–retest reliability has been examined by Becker, Hunter, Goodwin, Kaplan and Martinez (1992) using audio-taped stimuli on 20 adolescent sexual abusers. The authors found significant correlations ranging between .46 and .83 in strength for 15 out of 19 audio-taped vignettes.…”

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“…The authors found significant correlations ranging between .46 and .83 in strength for 15 out of 19 audio-taped vignettes. The correlations were strongest when the adolescents had previously engaged in the behavior similar to that represented in the vignette (Becker et al, 1992). In addition, Seto, Lalumière and Blanchard (2000) have examined PPG’s discriminate validity in being able to identify sexual interest in children for adolescent sexual offenders.…”

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Measuring Deviant Sexual Interest in Adolescents Using the Emotional Stroop Task

et al. 2013

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Adolescent sexual abusers are a heterogeneous group of offenders that often receive generic assessment and treatment services that are modeled on research findings from adult sex offender samples. The emotional Stroop task has been used to measure deviant sexual interest in adult samples. The purpose of the present study was to test whether the emotional Stroop task could also be used to assess deviant sexual interest in adolescent samples. Three groups of adolescents (a) sexual abusers (n = 24); (b) offending controls (n = 21); and (c) nonoffending controls (n = 21) completed two emotional Stroop tasks related to deviant sexual interest and tests of executive function. Adolescent sexual abusers were significantly slower to color-name some word stimuli than both adolescent offending controls and adolescent nonoffending controls. However, the task was unable to differentiate between the groups on most of the Stroop word categories. Very little research has been conducted with adolescent offender samples and the emotional Stroop task. Reaction time (RT) and Stroop bias outcome data for adolescent samples appear to be more unsystematic and weaker than has been observed in previous adult data. Based on potential difficulties with reading and development, the emotional Stroop task may not be a task suitable for measuring deviant sexual interest in adolescent samples.

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Test-retest reliability of audio-taped phallometric stimuli with adolescent sexual offenders

Cited by 13 publications

References 4 publications

Detecting Anomalous Sexual Interests in Juvenile Sex Offenders

Detecting Anomalous Sexual Interests in Juvenile Sex Offenders

Assessing Sexual Interest in Adolescents Who Have Sexually Offended

Measuring Deviant Sexual Interest in Adolescents Using the Emotional Stroop Task

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