Temperament and character dimensions of sex offenders in relation to their parental rearing

Sexual and Relationship Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 141-150

  Giotakos, Orestis ^a,b   Valdakis, Nikos ^a   Markianos, Manolis ^a   Spandoni, Pavlina ^a   Christodoulou, George N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Character; Child molester; Parenting; Personality; Rapist; Rearing; Sex offenders; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHARACTER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FAMILY LIFE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PERSONALITY; RAPE; REWARD; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL CRIME; TEMPERAMENT; THEORY;

EID: 2942529070     PISSN: 14681994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14681990410001691352     Document Type: Article

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