Most research on child
pornography use has been based on selected clinical or criminal justice
samples; risk factors for child pornography use in the general population
remain largely unexplored.
In this study, we examined prevalence, risk factors,
and correlates of viewing depictions of adult-child sex in a
population-representative sample of 1,978 young Swedish men (17-20 years,
Mdn = 18 years, overall response rate, 77 %).
In an
anonymous, school-based survey, participants self-reported sexual coercion experiences,
attitudes and beliefs about sex, perceived peer attitudes, and sexual interests
and behaviors; including pornography use, sexual interest in children, and
sexually coercive behavior. A total of 84 (4.2 %) young men reported they
had ever viewed child pornography.
Most theory-based variables were moderately
and significantly associated with child pornography viewing and were consistent
with models of sexual offending implicating both antisociality and sexual
deviance. In multivariate logistic regression analysis, 7 of 15 tested factors
independently predicted child pornography viewing and explained 42 % of
the variance: ever had sex with a male, likely to have sex with a child aged
12-14, likely to have sex with a child 12 or less, perception of children as
seductive, having friends who have watched child pornography, frequent
pornography use, and ever viewed violent pornography.
From these, a 6-item
Child Pornography Correlates Scale was constructed and then cross-validated in
a similar but independent Norwegian sample.
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- 1Integrated Forensic Program, Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, 1804 Highway 2 East, Brockville, ON, K7V 5W7, Canada, michael.seto@theroyal.ca.
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