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Sexual interest in children has been identified as an important cause of child sexual abuse. Preliminary studies suggest that the Implicit Association Test (IAT) is a promising tool to measure sexual interest in children. In the current study, 34 child molesters were compared to 21 non-sex offenders on the Sexual Attraction to Children IAT (SAC-IAT), which was developed for the current study, as well as other measures of sexual interest. The SAC-IAT was not able to distinguish between groups; however, it was related to other measures of sexual interest that could distinguish between groups. Cumulative meta-analysis found a moderate effect size for the ability of IAT measures of sexual interest in children to distinguish between child molesters and non-molesters. Findings from the present study are an important step towards evaluating the validity of an IAT measure of sexual interest in children. Running head: AN INDIRECT MEASURE OF SEXUAL INTEREST i i i Acknowledgements First and foremost I would like to express my sincere appreciation to Kevin Nunes for his expertise, guidance, and encouragement throughout this project. I appreciate your insightful feedback and the perspectives you provided. I would also like to thank Adelle Forth and Ralph Serin for their guidance and constructive feedback. I am grateful to the friendly and cheerful group of fellow students who have helped shape this experience as nothing less than memorable. Special thanks to Nicolas Kessous for helping me collect the data and for his encouragement throughout this project. Thank you to Leslie Helmus and Chantal Hermann for their encouragement, support, and kind words. You have been fantastic colleagues, and truly great friends. I would also like to thank the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers for helping to fund this project. Many thanks to Carolyn Bourgeois, Anita Cumbleton, Yolanda Fernandez, Carmen Gress, Cindy Hudson, Daryl Kroner, Richard Laws, Petrina Lemieux, Jan Looman, Wadgy Loza, Greg Maillet, Wendy McMahon, Jeremy Mills, Ed Peacock, Geris Serran, Bill Walker, Jennifer Walsh, as well as the support and security staff of the institutions. Your support was critical to the success of this project. I am also grateful to my family and friends for their love and encouragement, and I especially would like to thank Lyzon Babchishin and Nicholas Boucher. Nick you have enabled me to pursue my interest and I truly appreciate your unwavering support, encouragement, and love. Lyzon, thank you for your encouragement and insight, as well as coaxing me to take time off when I missed too many of our weekend get-togethers. Running head: AN INDIRECT MEASURE OF SEXUAL INTEREST iv Table of

An indirect measure of sexual interest : using the implicit association test with child molesters