Lay theories of etiology and 'cure' for four types of paraphilia: Fetishism; pedophilia; sexual sadism; and voyeurism

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 689-700

  Furnham, Adrian ^a   Haraldsen, Emmy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETISHISM; GUILT; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDOPHILIA; PERCEPTION; RATING SCALE; SADISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVIATION; THEORY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGIC; MALE; PARAPHILIAS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031844122     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4679(199808)54:5<689::AID-JCLP15>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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