Affinity: The Development of a Self-Report Assessment of Paedophile Sexual Interest Incorporating a Viewing Time Validity Measure

Cognitive Approaches to the Assessment of Sexual Interest in Sexual Offenders

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 59-84

  Glasgow, David V ^a,b  

^a Pac Psychol Assessment Corporation   (Canada)

^b Carlton Glasgow   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affinity development; Affinity rating scale and sample image; Affinity, paradigms as archetype ranking; Deviant sexual interest in sex offender populations; Image rating task; Issue of available choices; Relationship between age categories; Self report assessment of paedophile sexual interest and viewing time validity measure; Seven images corresponding to pre juvenile female archetype; Unobtrusive viewing time (VT) validity scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960201285     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470747551.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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