Research strategy for the prevention of child abuse by identifying psychophysiological markers for the classification of pedophilic inclination preference

Recruiting

Conditions: F65.4
Paedophilia

Registration Number: DRKS00033563

Lead Sponsor: Klinisches Institut für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: Male

Target Recruitment: 90

Inclusion Criteria

Patient group:
- Sexual preference: pedophile
- Only participants in the Kein Täter werden project

Control group:
- Sexual preference: teleiophilic

Exclusion Criteria

for patient group and control group:
- neurological/psychiatric pre-existing conditions that impair visual perception, result in severe motor impairments or restrict the ability to concentrate (e.g. Parkinson's disease, Meniere's disease, dementia, post-stroke condition, psychosis)
- acute substance abuse
- uncorrected defective vision
- insufficient language skills
- employees of the Clinical Institute for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy

for the control group in addition:
- pedophilic tendency

Study & Design

Study Type: observational

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The aim is to identify psychophysiological markers for the classification of pedophilia and to investigate the perception of empathy. For this purpose, the primary endpoints arousal and valence are recorded at time point when viewing visual stimuli. The two constructs are operationalized physiologically (objectively) by measuring electrodermal activity and heart rate and subjectively by the SAM scales. Another primary endpoint is empathy (affective and cognitive empathy), which is measured using the performance-based Multifaceted Empathy Test (MET). <br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
In addition, the following constructs are recorded in form of self-assessment questionnaires before the psychophysiological measurement:<br>- Sociodemographics of the participant including information on mental illness and sexual orientation<br>- Depressiveness/anxiety/stress (DASS-21), additional assessment of depression using the subscale of the SCL-90-S <br>- Attachment behavior (ECR-R8)<br>- Empathic behavior (SPF-IRI)<br>- Intelligence (MWT-B)<br>- Personality structure (OPD-SFK)<br>- Assessment of current emotional state (PANAS) <br>- Alexithymia (TAS-20)