A revised sexual knowledge assessment tool for people with intellectual disabilities: Is sexual knowledge related to sexual offending behaviour?

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 523-531

  Talbot, T J ^a   Langdon, Peter E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bender Sexual Knowledge Questionnaire; General Sexual Knowledge Questionnaire; Intellectual disability; Sex offenders; Sexual knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENDER SEXUAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; GENERAL SEXUAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; PEDOPHILIA; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX EDUCATION; SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 33746517361     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2006.00801.x     Document Type: Article

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