title: Personality disorders in a sample of paraphilic and nonparaphilic child molesters: a comparative study.
abstract: This article renders the results of research that investigated personality disorders in a sample of paraphilic and nonparaphilic child molesters. The sample contained 36 paraphilic child molesters and a matched comparison group of 34 nonparaphilic child molesters. The analyses of the research results show that four personality disorders discriminate between both groups. Only the obsessive-compulsive personality disorder contributes significantly to the explanation of paraphilic child molestation. This result also contributes to the development and differentiation of the treatment of paraphilia-related disorders. For several child molesters, psychological approaches to the treatment of sexual offending (e.g., cognitive-behavioral treatment, psychotherapy in general) are limited and cannot be expected to immediately reduce risk. Interest has been expressed in medical approaches to reduce recidivism, in combination with psychotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Tilburg University, Netherlands Catholic University of Louvain Research and Documentation Centre, The Hague, Netherlands. s.bogaerts@uvt.nl
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bogaerts
authors.forename: Annelies
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Daalder
authors.forename: Stijn
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vanheule
authors.forename: Mattias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Desmet
authors.forename: Frans
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Leeuw
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015897:Comorbidity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D010262:Paraphilic Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D010378:Pedophilia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055502:Secondary Prevention