Sexual Interests of Men With Different Child Sexual Offenses as Assessed by Direct and Indirect Measures – Do Users of Child Sexual Abuse Material Differ?

Lilli Meißner, Stefan Domany, Finn Rathgeber, Alexander F. Schmidt, Rainer Banse, Reinhard Eher, Social and Legal Psychology Department, Institute of Psychology, University of Bonn, Federal Evaluation Centre for Violent and Sexual Offenders , Federal Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Austria, Social and Legal Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz

Sexual Abuse

Published online on May 25, 2026

Abstract

Sexual Abuse, Volume 38, Issue 6, Page 677-706, September 2026.
Sexual interest in children is an important risk factor for sexual (re)offending against children. We aimed to consolidate the validity and reliability of the Explicit and Implicit Sexual Interest Profile (EISIP), which combines self-report, viewing time (...