TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Empathy in paedophilia and sexual offending against children: a longitudinal extension
JO  - Journal of sexual aggression
A1  - Schuler, Miriam
A1  - Mohnke, Sebastian
A1  - Amelung, Till
A1  - Dziobek, Isabel
A1  - Borchardt, Viola
A1  - Gerwinn, Hannah
A1  - Kärgel, Christian
A1  - Kneer, Jonas
A1  - Massau, Claudia
A1  - Pohl, Alexander
A1  - Weiß, Simone
A1  - Pieper, Susann
A1  - Sinke, Christopher
A1  - Beier, Klaus M.
A1  - Walter, Martin
A1  - Ponseti, Jorge
A1  - Schiffer, Boris
A1  - Kruger, Tillmann H. C.
A1  - Walter, Henrik
SP  - 178
EP  - 195
VL  - 28
IS  - 2
N2  - Deficits in cognitive empathy (CE) have been associated with a child sexual offense (CSO) history in paedophilia. However, these results have been obtained in cross-sectional comparison. There are no longitudinal studies yet. We performed a longitudinal study with a 3-year interval and investigated CE and emotional empathy (EE) using the Multifaceted Empathy Test (MET) and the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) in paedophilic men with a CSO history (P + CSO), paedophilic men without a CSO history (P-CSO), and non-offending teleiophilic male controls (TC). <br><br>RESULTS were stable and confirmed cross-sectional data with evidence for higher CE as measured by the MET in P-CSO compared to P + CSO. Evidence for more distress in social situations as measured by the IRI was found in P-CSO compared to TC, only. Our results highlight the importance of addressing multiple aspects of empathy in paedophilia and CSO and support the inclusion of CE training in the prevention of CSO.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1355-2600
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2021.1931721
ID  - ref1
ER  -