An implicit test of the associations between children and sex in pedophiles

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 304-308

  Gray, Nicola S ^a,c   MacCulloch, Malcolm J ^a,b   Brown, Anthony S ^a,c   Smith, Jennifer ^a   Snowden, Robert J ^a,c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Glanrhyd Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Implicit measures; Pedophiles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; OFFENDER; PEDOPHILIA; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SEX; SEXUAL DEVIATION;

EID: 18644377501     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.114.2.304     Document Type: Article

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