Stigmatization of People with Pedophilia: Two Comparative Surveys

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 21-34

  Jahnke, Sara ^a   Imhoff, Roland ^b   Hoyer, Juergen ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Paraphilias; Pedophilia; Social distance; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDOPHILIA; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; ATTITUDE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDOPHILIA; SOCIAL STIGMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928755736     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: 15732800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-014-0312-4     Document Type: Article

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