A Comparison of Objective Measures of Sexual Arousal and Interest: Visual Reaction Time and Penile Plethysmography

Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 207-223

  Letourneau, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

penile plethysmography; sexual offenders; visual reaction time

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENIS ERECTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE ERECTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRISONERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036633682     PISSN: 10790632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107906320201400302     Document Type: Article

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