Self‐Reported Methods of Cessation of Adult Male Child Abusers: A Pilot Study

This pilot study explored the pre‐arrest self‐selected cessation attempts of sexual offenders (N = 109) who abused children and often others. Four participants were dropped because of invalid responding (N = 104). While 74.3% of sample participants reported attempts to decrease or stop their sexual offending prior to arrest, 56% out of 100 who responded to the cessation question reported that they were able to do so. Self‐efficacy was examined as a potential predictive variable of cessation attempts and success of attempts; however, no relationship was found between self‐efficacy and attempts. Practice and research implications are discussed.
Source: American Journal of Orthopsychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Original Article Source Type: research