Neuropsychological profile of pedophilic child sexual offenders compared with an IQ-matched non-offender sample - Results of a pilot study.
Child sexual offending
Executive function
IQ
Neuropsychology
Pedophilia
Journal
International journal of law and psychiatry
ISSN: 1873-6386
Titre abrégé: Int J Law Psychiatry
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 7806862
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Historique:
received:
11
09
2018
revised:
19
02
2019
accepted:
13
03
2019
entrez:
25
5
2019
pubmed:
28
5
2019
medline:
12
2
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Child sexual offenders have been found to have a lower average IQ than the general population. Several studies indicate that they also exhibit executive dysfunction, but the specificity of this dysfunction is unclear; the inconclusive results have been attributed to methodological problems and the heterogeneity of the population. Our study aimed to describe the neuropsychological profiles of convicted child sexual offenders with pedophilia (n = 15). To control for IQ-related effects on neuropsychological performance, we compared the sample with an IQ-matched control group (n = 15). Test scores in both groups were significantly lower than the norms, but we did not find significant differences between the two study groups. The findings of our pilot study indicate that the neuropsychological deficits of pedophilic sexual offenders are unspecific rather than the result of a pedophilia-specific brain dysfunction.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31122623
pii: S0160-2527(18)30205-X
doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2019.03.002
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
137-141Informations de copyright
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