Validation of direct and indirect measures of preference for sexualized violence

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1173-1183

  Larue, Daniela ^a   Schmidt, Alexander F ^a   Imhoff, Roland ^b   Eggers, Kerstin ^a   Schönbrodt, Felix D ^c   Banse, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Indirect measures; Sexual interest; Sexual masochism; Sexual sadism; Sexual violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BDSM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EROTISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPLICIT ASSOCIATION TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MASOCHISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEMANTIC MISATTRIBUTION PROCEDURE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SADISM; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VALIDATION STUDY; VIEWING TIME; VIEWING TIME RATING; VIOLENT SEXUAL INTEREST QUESTIONNAIRE; ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEXUAL DEVIATION; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPHILIAS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925851082     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pas0000016     Document Type: Article

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