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Human Sexual Development is Subject to Critical-Period Learning: Paradigm-Shifting Implications for Sexual Therapy and for Child-Rearing

Karen GriffeeDivision of Social Sciences, Concord University, Athens, West Virginia, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Stephen L. O’KeefeDepartment of Psychology, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, USA
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Keith W. BeardDepartment of Psychology, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, USA
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Debra H. YoungSchool of Social Work, West Virginia University, Charleston Division, Charleston, West Virginia, USA
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Martin J. KommorDepartment of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, West Virginia University, Charleston Division, Charleston, West Virginia, USA
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Thomas D. LinzDepartment of Psychology, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, USA
Pages 295-313 | Received 29 Jun 2013, Accepted 22 Feb 2014, Published online: 07 Oct 2014

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Sandra S. Stroebel, Stephen L. O’Keefe, Karen Griffee, Karen V. Harper-Dorton, Keith W. Beard, Debra H. Young, Sam Swindell, Kerri Steele, Walter E. Stroupe, Shih-Ya Kuo & Cassandra M. Hershman. (2020) Etiological Risk Factors for Men Becoming Sexual Perpetrators Who Prey on Underage Victims. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity 27:1-2, pages 164-208.
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Kerri Steele, Sandra S. Stroebel, Stephen L. O’Keefe, Karen Griffee, Karen V. Harper-Dorton, Keith W. Beard, Debra H. Young, Sam Swindell, Walter E. Stroupe, Shih-Ya Kuo & Cassandra M. Hershman. (2019) Disguisable and Obvious Child Sexual Abuse Behaviors: Analysis of Effects on Sexual Addiction in Adults and Between-Sex Comparisons of Occurrence Percentages Using Anonymous Data From Perpetrators and Victims. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity 26:3-4, pages 333-360.
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R. Cacciatore, E. Korteniemi-Poikela & R. Kaltiala. (2019) The Steps of Sexuality—A Developmental, Emotion-Focused, Child-Centered Model of Sexual Development and Sexuality Education from Birth to Adulthood. International Journal of Sexual Health 31:3, pages 319-338.
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Keith W. Beard, Jason E. Newsome, Karen V. Harper-Dorton, Stephen L. O’Keefe, Debra H. Young, Sam Swindell, Walter E. Stroupe, Kerri Steele, Megan Lawhon & Shih-Ya Kuo. (2019) Father-daughter incest: Comparison of treated cases to untreated control subjects. Cogent Psychology 6:1.
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Sandra S. Stroebel, Stephen L. O’Keefe, Karen Griffee, Karen V. Harper-Dorton, Keith W. Beard, Debra H. Young, Sam Swindell, Walter E. Stroupe, Kerri Steele, Megan Lawhon & Shih-Ya Kuo. (2018) Effects of the sex of the perpetrator on victims’ subsequent sexual behaviors and adulthood sexual orientations. Cogent Psychology 5:1.
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Sandra S. Stroebel, Stephen L. O’Keefe, Karen Griffee, Karen V. Harper-Dorton, Keith W. Beard, Debra H. Young, Samuel V. S. Swindell, Walter E. Stroupe, Kerri Steele, Megan Lawhon & Shih-Ya Kuo. (2018) Exhibitionism and Sex with Underage Males in Adult Women. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity 25:2-3, pages 170-196.
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Kristy N. Woods, Sandra S. Stroebel, Stephen L. O'Keefe, Karen Griffee, Karen V. Harper-Dorton, Keith W. Beard, Debra H. Young, Sam Swindell, Walter E. Stroupe, Kerri Steele & Megan Lawhon. (2018) Conditioning by Orgasm Produced by Heterosexual Oral Sex during the Critical Period. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity 25:1, pages 96-119.
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Karen Griffee, Sandra S. Stroebel, Stephen L. O’Keefe, Karen V. Harper-Dorton, Keith W. Beard, Debra H. Young, Sam Swindell, Walter E. Stroupe, Kerri Steele, Megan Lawhon & Shih-Ya Kuo. (2017) Sexual imprinting of offspring on their parents and siblings. Cogent Psychology 4:1.
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Karen Griffee, Keith W. Beard, Sandra S. Stroebel, Karen V. Harper-Dorton, Stephen L. O'Keefe, Debra H. Young, Sam Swindell, Walter E. Stroupe, Kerri Steele, Megan Lawhon & Shih-Ya Kuo. (2017) Genital Piercing: Childhood and Adolescent Behaviors That Serve as Predictors and Scores on Scales Measuring Hypersexuality and Risky Sexual Behavior, Sexual Orientation, Depression, Conflict, Intimacy, and Sexual Satisfaction. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity 24:1-2, pages 58-78.
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Keith W. Beard, Sandra S. Stroebel, Stephen L. O’Keefe, Karen V. Harper-Dorton, Karen Griffee, Debra H. Young, Sam Swindell, Kerri Steele, Thomas D. Linz, Karla Beth Moore, Megan Lawhon & Natalie M. Campbell. (2015) Childhood and adolescent sexual behaviors predict adult sexual orientations. Cogent Psychology 2:1.
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Karen Griffee, Stephen L. O’Keefe, Keith W. Beard, Debra H. Young, Martin J. Kommor, Thomas D. Linz, Sam Swindell & Sandra S. Stroebel. (2014) Human Sexual Development is Subject to Critical Period Learning: Implications for Sexual Addiction, Sexual Therapy, and for Child Rearing. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity 21:2, pages 114-169.
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Karen Griffee, Sam Swindell, Stephen L. O’Keefe, Sandra S. Stroebel, Keith W. Beard, Shih-Ya Kuo & Walter Stroupe. (2016) Etiological Risk Factors for Sibling Incest. Sexual Abuse 28:7, pages 620-659.
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