Do theory of mind, affective resonance with others' pain, and response inhibition distinguish online-only from contact child sexual offenders?

心理理论、与他人痛苦的情感共鸣以及反应抑制是否能够区分仅在线儿童性犯罪者和接触性儿童性犯罪者？

• 批准号: ES/T002824/1
• 负责人: Steven Gillespie
• 金额: $ 29.78万
• 依托单位: University of Liverpool
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FT002824%2F1
• 关键词: Do; theory; mind; affective; resonance

This project will use a solution-focussed approach to identify the psychological processes that can be targeted to ensure that potential high risk groups, such as men who view online child sexual exploitation material, but who have not committed contact sexual offences, do not abuse and harm children. The last four years have seen a steep upward trend in the number of recorded sexual offences against children under 16, and as recently as 2017 there has been a marked increase in sexual activity involving a child under 13. However, we know that some men who view online child sexual exploitation material will never progress to committing contact offences: therefore, the identification of protective factors is a key approach that may help to identify potential treatment targets and reduce child sexual abuse. To understand why, we need to know if contact sexual offenders are distinguishable from 'online-only' offenders and offender and non-offender controls in 1) theory of mind abilities, that is, the ability to understand others' thoughts, feelings, intentions and beliefs; 2) affective resonance with others' pain, that is, the ability to vicariously experience the pain of another; and 3) the ability to inhibit a prepotent response. The objectives of the proposed work are to use tests of social-affective functioning and response inhibition, and physiological measures, to create a psychological profile that can distinguish between online-only and contact sexual offenders and help to identify the psychological processes that protect against contact sexual offending. The results of this research will aid the design of psychologically informed treatment programs with the ultimate aim of reducing contact sexual offending and protecting children from harm. These results will be communicated to scientists, policy makers, treatment providers, and relevant charitable organisations to inform future prevention and intervention efforts and keep children safe.

该项目将采用注重解决方案的方法来确定可以针对的心理过程，以确保潜在的高危群体，如浏览在线儿童性剥削材料但没有犯下接触性犯罪的男子，不会虐待和伤害儿童。在过去的四年里，记录的针对16岁以下儿童的性犯罪数量急剧上升，就在2017年，涉及13岁以下儿童的性行为明显增加。然而，我们知道，一些男性如果查看在线儿童性剥削材料，永远不会发展到犯下接触性犯罪：因此，确定保护因素是一个关键方法，可能有助于确定潜在的治疗目标，减少儿童性虐待。为了理解其中的原因，我们需要知道接触性犯罪者在1)心理能力理论中是否与只在网上接触的犯罪者以及犯罪者和非犯罪者的控制有区别，即理解他人的想法、感受、意图和信念的能力；2)与他人的痛苦产生情感共鸣的能力，即替代地体验他人的痛苦的能力；以及3)抑制优先反应的能力。这项拟议工作的目标是使用社会情感功能和反应抑制测试以及生理测量，以创建一种能够区分仅在网上和接触性侵犯者的心理特征，并帮助识别防止接触性侵犯的心理过程。这项研究的结果将有助于设计心理知情的治疗方案，最终目的是减少接触性侵犯和保护儿童免受伤害。这些结果将被传达给科学家、政策制定者、治疗提供者和相关慈善组织，以告知未来的预防和干预努力，并确保儿童的安全。

项目成果

Coping Using Sex, Health-Related Behaviors, and Mental Health During COVID-19 Lockdown in the UK.

• DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.880454
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Frontiers in psychiatry
• 影响因子: 4.7
• 作者: Daly N;Jones A;Garofalo C;Uzieblo K;Robinson E;Gillespie SM
• 通讯作者: Gillespie SM

Psychopathy and response inhibition: A meta-analysis of go/no-go and stop signal task performance.

精神病和反应抑制：进行/不进行和停止信号任务表现的荟萃分析。

• DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104868
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews
• 影响因子: 8.2
• 作者: Gillespie SM

Latent profiles identified from psychological test data for people convicted of sexual offences in the UK.

• DOI: 10.1192/bjp.2023.126
• 发表时间: 2023-12
• 期刊: BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY
• 影响因子: 10.5
• 作者: Gillespie, Steven M.;Elliott, Ian A.
• 通讯作者: Elliott, Ian A.