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Title: | Pedophilia, Hebephilia, and the DSM-V | Contributor(s): | Blanchard, Ray (author); Lykins, Amy (author) ; Wherrett, Diane (author); Kuban, Michael (author); Cantor, James (author); Blak, Thomas (author); Dickey, Robert (author) | Publication Date: | 2009 | DOI: | 10.1007/s10508-008-9399-9 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/7848 | Abstract: | The term 'pedophilia' denotes the erotic preference for prepubescent children. The term 'hebephilia' has been proposed to denote the erotic preference for pubescent children (roughly, ages 11 or 12–14), but it has not become widely used. The present study sought to validate the concept of hebephilia by examining the agreement between self-reported sexual interests and objectively recorded penile responses in the laboratory. The participants were 881 men who were referred for clinical assessment because of paraphilic, criminal, or otherwise problematic sexual behavior. Within-group comparisons showed that men who verbally reported maximum sexual attraction to pubescent children had greater penile responses to depictions of pubescent children than to depictions of younger or older persons. Between-groups comparisons showed that penile responding distinguished such men from those who reported maximum attraction to prepubescent children and from those who reported maximum attraction to fully grown persons. These results indicated that hebephilia exists as a discriminable erotic age-preference. The authors recommend various ways in which the DSM might be altered to accommodate the present findings. One possibility would be to replace the diagnosis of Pedophilia with Pedohebephilia and allow the clinician to specify one of three subtypes: Sexually Attracted to Children Younger than 11 (Pedophilic Type), Sexually Attracted to Children Age 11–14 (Hebephilic Type), or Sexually Attracted to Both (Pedohebephilic Type). We further recommend that the DSM-V encourage users to record the typical age of children who most attract the patient sexually as well as the gender of children who most attract the patient sexually. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Archives of Sexual Behavior, 38(3), p. 335-350 | Publisher: | Springer New York LLC | Place of Publication: | United States of America | ISSN: | 1573-2800 0004-0002 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology 170104 Forensic Psychology |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 920209 Mental Health Services | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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