An Efficient Measure of Sexual Interest in Children: The Revised Screening Scale for Pedophilic Interests (SSPI-2).

ABSTRACT: This study examined the convergent, divergent, predictive, and incremental validity of the Revised Screening Scale for Pedophilic Interests (SSPI-2) in a sample of 264 men adjudicated for sexual offenses against at least one child under the age of 15. We found evidence of construct validity as the SSPI-2 had small to medium correlations with phallometric testing (r = .31), recorded pedohebephilic diagnoses (r = .52), and attitudes tolerant of sexual offending against children (r = .23), in addition to small and non-significant correlations with the PCL-R (r = -.07), VRAG-R (r = -.09), BARR-2002R (r = -.06), and conduct disorder (r = -.07). As indicated by DeLong tests, the SSPI-2 was a better predictor of 5-year sexual (Z = -2.44) and

SUBMITTER: O'Donaghy M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12552764 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature