title: Personality differences among child molesters.
abstract: This study compared the MMPI profiles of two groups of child molesters, those with no prior arrests versus those with one or more prior arrests, in order to assess certain clinically derived inferences about these offenders. The sample consisted of 33 persons convicted of child molestation. The group with prior arrests showed more psychopathology than the group with no previous arrests.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D010262:Paraphilic Disorders; D010378:Pedophilia; D010551:Personality; D011599:Psychopathology; D012742:Sex Offenses