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  • Sexual offenders’ parental and adult attachments and preferences for therapists’ interpersonal qualities

    Author(s)
    McKillop, Nadine
    Brown, Sarah J
    Smallbone, Stephen
    Wortley, Richard
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Smallbone, Stephen W.
    McKillop, Nadine K.
    Wortley, Richard K.
    Year published
    2016
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    Abstract
    This study explored sex offenders' parental and adult attachment difficulties and assessed the extent to which these were associated with preferences for therapists' interpersonal qualities. One-hundred and twelve adult male child sexual offenders were invited to provide selfreport data on their attachment histories, adult attachments and preferences for therapists' interpersonal qualities. A weak relationship between childhood and adulthood secure attachment was found, suggesting that attachment at the time of offending may be more relevant than childhood attachment to the aetiology of sexual offending. Participants valued ...
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    This study explored sex offenders' parental and adult attachment difficulties and assessed the extent to which these were associated with preferences for therapists' interpersonal qualities. One-hundred and twelve adult male child sexual offenders were invited to provide selfreport data on their attachment histories, adult attachments and preferences for therapists' interpersonal qualities. A weak relationship between childhood and adulthood secure attachment was found, suggesting that attachment at the time of offending may be more relevant than childhood attachment to the aetiology of sexual offending. Participants valued a range of therapists' qualities previously identified as important for positive treatment change. Therapist trust and genuineness were perceived as particularly important by those with attachment difficulties, demonstrating the need for these qualities in offender programmes where attachment difficulties would be expected. There were some differences in the preferences for therapists' qualities between participants with different adult attachment types, highlighting the importance of responsivity factors in treatment.
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    Journal Title
    Journal of Sexual Aggression
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2015.1057243
    Subject
    Criminology
    Correctional theory, offender treatment and rehabilitation
    Attachment
    Child sexual offenders
    Therapist interpersonal qualities
    Sex offender treatment programmes
    Responsivity
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/127788
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