79719 20200716101504.0 doi 10.1080/1068316X.2018.1503665 sideral 109478 ART-2019-109478 eng Jahnke, S. How pedophilic men think about adult-child sex: effects of child gender and physical maturity 2019 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted To date, very little research has tackled whether pedophilic men''s attitude towards adult-child sex depends on characteristics of the adult or the child involved in such acts. This study examines the effect of the child''s gender (male vs. female) and physical maturity (pre-pubescent vs. early pubescent) on the moral evaluation of apparently noncoercive adult-child sex in a 2 x 2 factorial online vignette experiment. One hundred eighty-three English-speaking pedophilic men rated their agreement with moral arguments on the Immoral Sex Scale, as well as whether they believed this behavior to be typical for a child. The results revealed considerable inter-individual differences, with about one third showing restrictive moral attitudes. Contrary to our expectations, gender and physical maturity neither affected the perceived morality of the sexual act, nor beliefs about the representativeness of the child''s behavior. However, when controlling for confounds, pedophilic men believed that boys were more likely to willingly engage in adult-child sex. Furthermore, participants with stronger liberal attitudes were found to be more likely to defend the sexual act, as were participants with a preferential interest in pre-pubescents. There was no link between attitudes towards adult-child sex and sexual offending, replicating the non-associations reported in previous community surveys. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess All rights reserved http://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ 1.193 2019 LAW 68 / 154 = 0.442 2019 Q2 T2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY 82 / 138 = 0.594 2019 Q3 T2 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY 40 / 69 = 0.58 2019 Q3 T2 0.661 2019 Law 2019 Q1 Psychology (miscellaneous) 2019 Q2 Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2019 Q2 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion (orcid)0000-0003-2763-4583 Malon, A. Universidad de Zaragoza 4001 805 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Ciencias de la Educación Área Teoría e Histª. Educación 25, 1 (2019), 90-107 Psychol., crime, law PSYCHOLOGY CRIME & LAW 1068-316X 208292 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/79719/files/texto_completo.pdf Postprint 39452 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/79719/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Postprint oai:zaguan.unizar.es:79719 articulos driver 2020-07-16-09:15:12 ARTICLE