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Examining the Use of Sex to Cope in a Forensic Sample
Author(s) -
Jung Sandy,
Jamieson Lisa
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of addictions and offender counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2161-1874
pISSN - 1055-3835
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1874.2014.00022.x
Subject(s) - psychology , coping (psychology) , clinical psychology , forensic science , sexual assault , developmental psychology , human factors and ergonomics , poison control , medicine , medical emergency , veterinary medicine
The authors examined differences between sexual and mentally disordered offenders on the Coping Using Sex Inventory. Sexual offenders were more likely to use sex to cope with negative life events but did not use all forms of deviant sexual activity.