Family violence and juvenile sex offending - The potential mediating role of psychopathic traits and negative attitudes toward women

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作者
Caputo, AA [1 ]
Frick, PJ [1 ]
Brodsky, SL [1 ]
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[1] Univ Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA
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10.1177/0093854899026003004
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B849 [应用心理学];
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040203 ;
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Juvenile sex offenders were compared to other juvenile offenders in the degree of violence against women they witnessed in their families of origin. Poor impulse control, a callous and unemotional interpersonal style, and sexist attitudes toward women were tested as potential mediators of this relation. Participants were 70 incarcerated juvenile males, ages 13 to 18, from three offender categories: 23 sex offenders, 17 violent offenders, and 30 noncontact offenders. Results indicated that the witnessing of severe domestic violence was related not only to juvenile sex offending but to contact offending in general. There were no group differences on measures of poor impulse control or sexist attitudes toward women. However, sex offenders were found to have more callous and unemotional traits than other offenders. Therefore, although these traits do not mediate the effects of witnessing family violence, they do seem to be important in distinguishing juvenile sex offenders from other juvenile offenders.
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