The Virtual People Set: Developing Computer-Generated Stimuli for the Assessment of Pedophilic Sexual Interest

Sexual Abuse: Journal of Research and Treatment

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 557-582

  Dombert, Beate ^a   Mokros, Andreas ^a,b   Brückner, Eva ^a   Schlegl, Verena ^a   Antfolk, Jan ^c   Bäckström, Anna ^c   Zappalà, Angelo ^c   Osterheider, Michael ^a   Santtila, Pekka ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

^c ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

assessment; computer generated imaging; pedophilia; sexual interest; visual stimuli

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER-GENERATED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PEDOPHILIA; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL INTEREST; VISUAL STIMULI;

ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER-GENERATED IMAGING; PEDOPHILIA; SEXUAL INTEREST; VISUAL STIMULI;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEDOPHILIA; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84887537202     PISSN: 10790632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1079063212469062     Document Type: Article

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