Comparison of personality traits in pedophiles, abstinent opiate addicts, and healthy controls: Considering pedophilia as an addictive behavior

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 196, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 829-837

  Cohen, Lisa J ^a   Grebchenko, Yuli F ^a   Steinfeld, Matthew ^b   Frenda, Steven J ^c   Galynker, Igor I ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Behavioral addiction; Pedophilia; Personality; Sexual addiction

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; STREET DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHECKLIST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PEDOPHILIA; PERSONALITY; RATING SCALE; SEXUAL CRIME; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; ADDICTION; ALCOHOLISM; CHARACTER; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CHARACTER; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDOPHILIA; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149159825     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31818b4e3d     Document Type: Article

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