title: [Validity of the psychophysiological diagnosis of paraphylia].
abstract: Author presents an analysis of the results of the examination of 113 sex offenders using clinical-psychopathological, sexological and psychophysiological (polygraph testing) methods. The data analysis revealed that the results of verbal and visual psychophysiological stimulation allowed to diagnose a sexual disorder in people with paraphylia in 80% and 69.6% cases, respectively. The experimental-practical validity of the psychophysiological diagnosis was 0.63 that corresponded to the high level of validity. The study enabled to define highly probable and probable criteria of the paraclinical diagnosis of paraphylia that should be interpreted by a sexologist with the account of the results of other methods (clinical, experimental-psychological).
authors.forename: M Iu
authors.initials: MIu
authors.lastname: Kamenskov
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000523:psychology*; D020018:Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D017603:Signal Detection, Psychological