Authors
Michael C Seto, Martin L Lalumière, Grant T Harris, Meredith L Chivers
Publication date
2012/8
Journal
Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Volume
121
Issue
3
Pages
739
Publisher
American Psychological Association
Description
On average, rapists show greater relative genital responses to rape stories than do nonrapists in the laboratory. It has been suggested that this robust group difference is explained by the fact that many rapists are sexually sadistic. It is not clear, however, what the critical cues underlying rapists' genital responses are, because rape stories used in previous research include a mix of sadistic cues of violence and victim injury as well as cues of victim resistance and nonconsent. The present study was conducted to identify the critical cues producing self-identified sadists' sexual responses, and thereby to test sexual sadism as an explanation of rapists' arousal pattern. The present study was also conducted to develop a new phallometric test for sexual sadism for research and clinical applications, given evidence of poor diagnostic reliability and validity. Eighteen self-identified male sadists, 22 men with some sadistic …
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Scholar articles
MC Seto, ML Lalumière, GT Harris, ML Chivers - Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 2012