Abstract
Pedophilic sexual interest is an important risk factor predicting criminal recidivism among child sexual abusers. Despite its important role in the treatment of child sexual offenders, there is a lack of knowledge on the nature of pedophilic sexual interest. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to test the predictive role of a set of personality and psychopathology dimensions in pedophilic sexual interest, in a sample of convicted child sexual abusers. Forty-three men (inmates) convicted for child sexual abuse were evaluated according to some personality and psychopathological dimensions: trait-affect, levels of trait impulsiveness, personality (according to the Big Five model), and state psychopathological symptoms. Child sexual abusers completed the self-report questionnaires (assessing the personality and psychopathology dimensions), in an interview-style, conducted by the researcher. Pedophilic sexual interest was measured with the Screen Scale for Pedophilic Interests, which is completed using the offenders’ official criminal records.
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