An Automated Fading Procedure to Alter Sexual Responsiveness in Pedophiles
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3660236 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D Richard Laws (Atascadero State Hospital), A V Pawlowski |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 149-163 |
| Publication date | 1976-03-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1300/j082v01n02_01 |
| OpenAlex | W1988485195 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 4 |
An automated stimulus fading procedure was used to strengthen sexual responsiveness to adult stimuli in two pedophiles. The degree of responsiveness was indicated by changes in the penile response. Slides of children and adults were superimposed. When subjects produced an erection above a designated criterion, one slide faded out and the other faded in; if responding then fell below this criterion, the fading prodess reversed. When a slide of a child was faded into an adult, subjects produced a high percentage of beyond-criterion responding. In test sessions where slides of adults and children were presented alone, response to adults was lower. When a slide of an adult was faded into a child and a covert self-instruction procedure was initiated to decrease resonse to the child, both subjects in test sessions produced high response to adult slides and decreased responding to slides of a child
Channel (broadcasting · Developmental psychology · Fading · Telecommunications · Clinical Psychology · Computer Science · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1977 - 2015 (39) |
| Highly cited | No |