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dc.contributor.authorVarker, Tracey
dc.contributor.authorJ. Devilly, Grant
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:50:01Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:50:01Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.date.modified2010-08-02T07:18:50Z
dc.identifier.issn13552600
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13552600701661573
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/29013
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to examine general empathy, general victim empathy and own victim empathy in adolescent sexual offenders. Sixteen adolescent sexual offenders completed the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI), the Personal Reaction Inventory, a ''general sexual abuse victim'' form of the Victim Empathy Distortions Scale (VEDS) and an ''own victim'' form of the VEDS. Sixteen non-offending, age-matched adolescents also completed the IRI. In summary, it was found that adolescent sexual offenders did not display general empathy deficits compared to agematched non-offending controls. However, they displayed significant empathy deficits for their own sexual abuse victim compared to a general sexual abuse victim. Adolescent sexual offenders were found to have significantly lower scores on the perspective taking sub-scale of the IRI, compared to nonoffenders. The findings of this study are discussed in terms of their theoretical and practical implications.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.publisher.placeUK
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom139
dc.relation.ispartofpageto149
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Sexual Aggression
dc.relation.ispartofvolume13
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.titleTypes of empathy and adolescent sexual offenders
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2007
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorDevilly, Grant J.


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