Pedophilia
"Pedophilia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A sexual disorder occurring in a person 16 years or older and that is recurrent with intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving sexual activity with a prepubescent child (generally age 13 or younger). (from APA, DSM-IV, 1994).
| Descriptor ID |
D010378
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F03.657.600
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Pedophilia" by people in this website by year, and whether "Pedophilia" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pedophilia" by people in Profiles.
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Wurtele SK. University Students' Perceptions of Child Sexual Offenders: Impact of Classroom Instruction. J Child Sex Abus. 2018 Apr; 27(3):276-291.
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Wurtele SK, Simons DA, Moreno T. Sexual interest in children among an online sample of men and women: prevalence and correlates. Sex Abuse. 2014 Dec; 26(6):546-68.
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Brown AS, Gray NS, Snowden RJ. Implicit measurement of sexual associations in child sex abusers: role of victim type and denial. Sex Abuse. 2009 Jun; 21(2):166-80.
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Gray NS, Brown AS, MacCulloch MJ, Smith J, Snowden RJ. An implicit test of the associations between children and sex in pedophiles. J Abnorm Psychol. 2005 May; 114(2):304-8.
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MacCulloch SI, Gray NS, Phillips HK, Taylor J, MacCulloch MJ. Birth order in sex-offending and aggressive-offending men. Arch Sex Behav. 2004 Oct; 33(5):467-74.