Handedness in pedophilia and hebephilia

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 447-459

  Cantor, James M ^a   Klassen, Philip E ^a,b   Dickey, Robert ^a,b   Christensen, Bruce K ^a,b   Kuban, Michael E ^a   Blak, Thomas ^a   Williams, Natasha S ^a,c   Blanchard, Ray ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ADLER SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Handedness; Laterality; Neuropsychology; Pedophilia; Phallometry; Sex offenders; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; EROTISM; HANDEDNESS; HEBEPHILIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDOPHILIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVIATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PARAPHILIAS; PEDOPHILIA; PENILE ERECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 22144483024     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-005-4344-7     Document Type: Article

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