Social and heterosocial self-efficacy in adolescent populations of child molesters, nonsex offenders, and nonoffenders
Year: 1989
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The present study tested the hypothesis that adolescent child molesters would score lower than nonsex offending and nonoffending adolescent groups on measures of both social and heterosocial self-efficacy. Heterosocial self-efficacy was assessed using the Survey of Heterosexual Interactions (SHI) and social self-efficacy was measured using the social self-efficacy subscale of the Self-efficacy Scale (SES). Results indicate that the adolescent child molester group scored significantly lower than nonmolesting adolescents (both nonsex offending and nonoffending groups considered together) on both social and heterosocial self-efficacy. Subsequent analyses on the social self-efficacy measure indicated that the child molesters did not significantly differ from the nonsex offenders. When the child molesters were compared with the nonoffenders on this measure, the difference only approached significance. On the heterosocial measure, the child molesters did not significantly differ from the nonoffending adolescents but did score significantly lower than the nonsex offending groups. In addition to these two measures, comparisons were also made between these groups on the general self-efficacy subscale of the SES. These tests indicated no differences between the groups. Finally, additional information such as family background and previous sexual abuse were obtained for the child molester group. The results were discussed in terms of implications for etiology, treatment, and future research.
Source: Summit (Simon Fraser University)
Author: Patrick Bartel
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W104251884