Determinants of Punitive Attitudes Toward People with Pedophilia: Dissecting Effects of the Label and Intentionality Ascriptions

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https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=fis-test-1&SrcAuth=WosAPI&KeyUT=WOS:000422982500003&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL
DOI
10.1007/s10508-017-1048-8
eISSN
1573-2800
Externe Identifier
  • Clarivate Analytics Document Solution ID: FT2OA
  • PubMed Identifier: 28799101
ISSN
0004-0002
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
2
Zeitschrift
ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
Schlüsselwörter
  • Stigma
  • Pedophilia
  • Labeling effect
  • Malleability
  • Sexual orientation
  • DSM-5
Paginierung
353 - 361
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2018
Status
Published
Titel
Determinants of Punitive Attitudes Toward People with Pedophilia: Dissecting Effects of the Label and Intentionality Ascriptions
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  • Article
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
47

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Autoren
DOI
10.1007/s10508-017-1048-8
eISSN
1573-2800
ISSN
0004-0002
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
2
Zeitschrift
Archives of Sexual Behavior
Sprache
en
Online publication date
2017
Paginierung
353 - 361
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2018
Status
Published
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Herausgeber URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-017-1048-8
Datum der Datenerfassung
2018
Titel
Determinants of Punitive Attitudes Toward People with Pedophilia: Dissecting Effects of the Label and Intentionality Ascriptions
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
47

Data source: Crossref

Abstract
Recent research has established marked punitive attitudes against people sexually interested in children. These negative attitudes are even more pronounced when such sexual interest is labeled as pedophilia, but are attenuated to the extent that such sexual interest is perceived as beyond one's own control (unintentional). We explored these effects in more detail by separately manipulating the label (pedophiles vs. people with sexual interest in prepubescent children) and degree of intentionality (pedophilia or sexual desire as malleable vs. not malleable). Participants recruited via an online platform (N = 423) were randomly assigned to the experimental conditions and asked to rate degree of intentionality, dangerousness, deviance, and punitive attitudes toward people sexually interested in children. As expected, participants expressed stronger punitive attitudes when the label was present. The manipulation of intentionality, however, was not successful. Further analyses explored whether participants found the notion that sexual interest cannot be altered at will more credible than the opposite, particularly in presence of the pedophilia label. The results are discussed with regard to the significance of and potential intervention against the markedly strong public stigma against people with pedophilia.
Addresses
  • Social and Legal Psychology, Department of Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Binger Str. 14-16, 55122, Mainz, Germany. roland.imhoff@uni-mainz.de.
Autoren
DOI
10.1007/s10508-017-1048-8
eISSN
1573-2800
Externe Identifier
  • PubMed Identifier: 28799101
Open access
false
ISSN
0004-0002
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
2
Zeitschrift
Archives of sexual behavior
Schlüsselwörter
  • Humans
  • Attitude
  • Sexual Behavior
  • Pedophilia
  • Sex Offenses
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Middle Aged
  • Female
  • Male
  • Young Adult
  • Social Stigma
Sprache
eng
Medium
Print-Electronic
Online publication date
2017
Paginierung
353 - 361
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2018
Status
Published
Datum der Datenerfassung
2017
Titel
Determinants of Punitive Attitudes Toward People with Pedophilia: Dissecting Effects of the Label and Intentionality Ascriptions.
Sub types
  • Journal Article
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
47

Data source: Europe PubMed Central

Abstract
Recent research has established marked punitive attitudes against people sexually interested in children. These negative attitudes are even more pronounced when such sexual interest is labeled as pedophilia, but are attenuated to the extent that such sexual interest is perceived as beyond one's own control (unintentional). We explored these effects in more detail by separately manipulating the label (pedophiles vs. people with sexual interest in prepubescent children) and degree of intentionality (pedophilia or sexual desire as malleable vs. not malleable). Participants recruited via an online platform (N = 423) were randomly assigned to the experimental conditions and asked to rate degree of intentionality, dangerousness, deviance, and punitive attitudes toward people sexually interested in children. As expected, participants expressed stronger punitive attitudes when the label was present. The manipulation of intentionality, however, was not successful. Further analyses explored whether participants found the notion that sexual interest cannot be altered at will more credible than the opposite, particularly in presence of the pedophilia label. The results are discussed with regard to the significance of and potential intervention against the markedly strong public stigma against people with pedophilia.
Date of acceptance
2017
Autoren
Autoren-URL
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28799101
DOI
10.1007/s10508-017-1048-8
eISSN
1573-2800
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
2
Zeitschrift
Arch Sex Behav
Schlüsselwörter
  • DSM-5
  • Labeling effect
  • Malleability
  • Pedophilia
  • Sexual orientation
  • Stigma
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Attitude
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pedophilia
  • Sex Offenses
  • Sexual Behavior
  • Social Stigma
  • Young Adult
Sprache
eng
Country
United States
Paginierung
353 - 361
PII
10.1007/s10508-017-1048-8
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2018
Status
Published
Datum, an dem der Datensatz öffentlich gemacht wurde
2019
Titel
Determinants of Punitive Attitudes Toward People with Pedophilia: Dissecting Effects of the Label and Intentionality Ascriptions.
Sub types
  • Journal Article
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
47

Data source: PubMed

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