Abuse and Pedophilia

The Child Sexual Abuse Scale is a self-report instrument that was developed to measure the occurrence of childhood sexual abuse in adolescent and adult populations. The Empathy for Children Scale was developed to measure an individual’s cognitive and emotional empathy for child victims by rating 75 short statements regarding intensity of feelings, thoughts, and behaviours on a 5-point Likert scale. Three scenarios are used: assessing empathy with respect to an “accident victim,” a “stranger child sexual abuse victim,” and “ own child sexual abuse victim.” The Unwanted Childhood Sexual Experiences Questionnaire can be used to document the age and extent of respondents’ unwanted childhood sexual experiences with adults. The Revised Screening Scale for Pedophilic Interests is a 5-item, revised version of the original Screening Scale for Pedophilic Interests. The SSPI and SSPI-2 can be considered as brief actuarial screening measures of pedophilic sexual interest.

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