Behavioral Patterns of Child Sexual Abuse and Their Relationships with Personality Characteristics
Cristina Andreu
Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, Nuevo Parque, 50015 Zaragoza, Spain.
Pilar Barreto
University of Valencia, Avda Blasco Ibáñez 21, 46010 Valencia, Spain
Amparo Oliver *
University of Valencia, Avda Blasco Ibáñez 21, 46010 Valencia, Spain.
José Manuel Tomás
University of Valencia, Avda Blasco Ibáñez 21, 46010 Valencia, Spain.
Victoria Mínguez
Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, Nuevo Parque, 50015 Zaragoza, Spain.
Elena Roales
Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, Nuevo Parque, 50015 Zaragoza, Spain.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
This paper replicates the three types of patterns of child sexual abuse of Canter, Hughes and Kirby [1] based on frequency and co-occurrence of different patterns of abusive behaviors. In a sample of 206 Spanish men convicted of child sexual abuse, three abusive patterns are obtained: Intimacy, Aggressive and Criminal-Opportunist pattern. A mixed group Aggressive- Opportunist is also found. These groups differ significantly in some personality characteristics.
Keywords: Sexual abuse, child sexual abusers, psychological profile, criminal profile, nonmetric multidimensional scaling, proxscal.