Risk for Sexual Abuse: As Study of Adolescent Offenders

性虐待的风险：对青少年罪犯的研究

• 批准号: 6946952
• 负责人: MICHAEL H MINER
• 金额: $ 25.53万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-09-01 至 2007-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6946952
• 关键词: adolescence (12-20); aggression; angers; behavioral /social science research tag; child abuse; clinical research; disease /disorder proneness /risk; early experience; family structure /dynamics; human subject; information dissemination; interpersonal relations; juvenile delinquency; male; mental disorder prevention; mental health education; mental health epidemiology; model design /development; peer group; personality; psychological models; self concept; sex abuse; sex roles; violence

Healthy People 2010 has prioritized sexual violence and child maltreatment (including sexual abuse) as important targets for prevention and intervention. In its Injury Agenda for 2004, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that a major barrier to prevention efforts is the lack of information about the causes and correlates of child sexual abuse, especially in young perpetrators. This project is designed to address this gap by applying attachment theory to identify the unique and shared risk factors for child sexual abuse, sexual assault, and youth violence (one of the research objectives highlighted in RFA 04045). This objective will be accomplished through a multi-method, cross-sectional study of 300 adolescent males: those who have sexually abused children, those who have sexually assaulted peers or adults, and those who have committed other types of delinquent behavior (non-sexual). Data will be collected through a review of available records, semistructured and structured interview, and computer-administered questionnaire. The project is designed to identify the unique and shared risk factors for perpetrating child sexual abuse, sexual assault, and delinquent behavior by investigating perpetrator group differences in the following constructs : For Aim 1, (1) attitudes toward intimate relationships (attachment style) and (2) their involvement with peers, including consensual sexual experiences; for Aim 2, (3) attitudes toward masculinity, including beliefs about the importance of competition, violence, and face-saving as an indication of masculinity and confidence in their own masculinity and (4) beliefs about sexuality, selfreported sexual behavior (including paraphilias), and sexual interests and fantasies (including ivarious paraphilias). This collaboration between the Program in Human Sexuality, treatment programs for juvenile sex offenders, and juvenile probation departments will promote primary and secondary prevention through dissemination of project results in collaboration with Stop It Now, Minnesota, a primary prevention program (Aim 3).

《2010年健康人》将性暴力和虐待儿童（包括性虐待）列为预防和干预的重要目标。疾病控制和预防中心在其《2004年伤害议程》中指出，预防工作的一个主要障碍是缺乏关于儿童性虐待的原因和相关关系的信息，特别是对年轻犯罪者而言。本项目旨在通过应用依恋理论来识别儿童性虐待、性侵犯和青少年暴力（RFA 04045中强调的研究目标之一）的独特和共有的风险因素来解决这一差距。这一目标将通过对300名青少年男性的多方法横断面研究来实现：那些对儿童进行性虐待的人，那些对同龄人或成年人进行性侵犯的人，以及那些犯下其他类型的犯罪行为（非性行为）的人。数据将通过对现有记录的审查、半结构化和结构化访谈以及计算机管理的问卷来收集。该项目旨在通过调查犯罪者群体在以下构念方面的差异，确定儿童性虐待、性侵犯和犯罪行为的独特和共有的风险因素：对于目标1，(1)对亲密关系的态度（依恋类型）和(2)他们与同伴的参与，包括双方同意的性经历；对于目标2，(3)对男子气概的态度，包括认为竞争、暴力和保全面子是男子气概和对自己男子气概的信心的重要性的信念；(4)对性的信念，自我报告