Response Bias on Self-Report Measures of Sexual Fantasies Among Sexual Offenders

2017
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.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OFFENDER THERAPY AND COMPARATIVE CRIMINOLOGY
页码:269-281|卷号:61|期号:3
ISSN:0306-624X
收录类型
SSCI
发表日期
2017
学科领域
循证法学
国家
美国
语种
英语
DOI
10.1177/0306624X15593748
其他关键词
SENSATION SEEKING; RISK BEHAVIOR; SCALE; VALIDITY
EISSN
1552-6933
被引频次(WOS)
8
被引更新日期
2022-01
来源机构
Creighton University University of Nebraska System University of Nebraska Lincoln
关键词
sexual fantasies sex offenders response bias