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Journal of Child Sexual Abuse Volume 6, 1998 - Issue 3
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BRIEF REPORTS

Empathy, Intimacy, Loneliness, and Self-Esteem in Nonfamilial Child Molesters: A Brief Report

Dr. W. L. Marshall Queen's University, Canada
,
Frances Champagne BA
,
Christine Brown BA
&
Sarah Miller BA
Pages 87-98 | Received 22 Jan 1996, Accepted 13 May 1997, Published online: 12 Oct 2008
 
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ABSTRACT

Thirty-two nonfamilial child molesters were compared with 32 comparable nonoffenders on measures of empathy, intimacy, loneliness, and self-esteem. Relative to the nonoffenders, the child molesters were found to be deficient in empathy, intimacy and self-esteem. Among the offenders, the correlations between scores on most of the measures had higher values than among the nonoffenders. The results are discussed in terms of their theoretical and treatment implications.

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