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Naivete and need for affection among pedophiles
Author(s) -
Johnston Shawn A.,
French Alfred P.,
Schouweiler William F.,
Johnston Frances A.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(199209)48:5<620::aid-jclp2270480507>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - affection , psychology , psychoanalysis , psychotherapist , social psychology
MMPI scores for items on the Harris and Lingoes (1955, 1968) subscales H Y 2 (need for affection) and P A 3 (naivete) were compared among pedophiles ( n = 50), non‐sexually deviant psychiatric patients ( n = 25), and a general control group ( n = SO). Results indicated that pedophiles did not demonstrate a “naive need for affection” but, rather, a cynical need for affection. Scores on the Pedophelia (P E ) Scale (Toobert, Bartelme, & Jones, 1959) also were compared, and no significant differences were found between the pedophiles and either control group, although a difference was found between the scores of the psychiatric control group and those of the general sample. Selected items from scale 4 (Psychopathic Deviate) and scale 9 (Hypomania) also produced no significant differences among groups.