Web resource:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160252716300553
Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Early parenting styles and sexual offending behavior : a comparative study
Authors:	Nobre, Pedro J Sigre-Leiros, Vera Carvalho, Joana
Keywords:	Parenting;Sexual abuse;Sex crimes;Perpetrators
Year:	2016
Publisher:	Elsevier
Citation:	[ahead-of-print]
Notes:	The current study examined the relationship between early parenting styles and different types of sexual offending. Sexual (rapists, pedophilic and nonpedophilic child molesters) and non-sexual offenders completed the EMBU (My Memories of Upbringing), the Brief Symptom Inventory, and the Socially Desirable Response Set Measure. Results showed that rapists were less likely to remember their fathers as being emotionally warm compared with nonsexual offenders and pedophilic child molesters. In addition, compared with rapists, pedophilic offenders perceived their mothers as having been less emotionally warm to them. Overall, results showed that certain developmental experiences with parents were able to distinguish between subtypes of offenders supporting an association between distal interpersonal factors and sexual offending. These findings may have important implications for early intervention and prevention of sexual crimes. Further research using larger samples of pedophilic child molesters is recommended.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/14486
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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