Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Jahnke, Sara"
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Media Coverage of Pedophilia and Its Impact on Help-Seeking Persons with Pedophilia in Germany—A Focus Group Study
Stelzmann, Daniela; Jahnke, Sara; Kuhle, Laura F. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-07-30)The public stigma associated with pedophilia, the sexual attraction to prepubescent children, is tremendous. Previous research indicates that undifferentiated media coverage plays an essential role in perpetuating the ... -
A Meta-Analysis on the Link Between Young People's Social Environment, Socioeconomic Status, and Political Violence Outcomes
Jahnke, Sara; Abad Borger, Katharina; Burgsmüller, Lena; Hoppe, Catalina; Beelmann, Andreas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Young people are particularly likely to engage in political violence, hold positive attitudes towards political violence, and show willingness to engage in political violence. The social environment in which young people ... -
Neurodevelopmental Differences, Pedohebephilia, and Sexual Offending: Findings from Two Online Surveys
Jahnke, Sara; Schmidt, Alexander F.; Klöckner, Andrea; Hoyer, Jürgen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The neurodevelopmental theory of pedohebephilia states that sexual interests in children arise from early neurodevelopmental perturbations, as, for example, evidenced by increased non-right-handedness, more childhood head ... -
Pedohebephilia and Perceived Non-coercive Childhood Sexual Experiences: Two Non-matched Case-Control Studies
Jahnke, Sara; Schmidt, Alexander F.; Hoyer, Jürgen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Research on the link between childhood sexual abuse experiences (CSAE) and pedohebephilia is limited by its focus on events that the respondents rate as abusive. We asked 199 German-speaking (Study 1) and 632 English-speaking ... -
Pedophile, child lover, or minor-attracted person? Attitudes toward labels among people who are sexually attracted to children
Jahnke, Sara; Blagden, Nicholas; Hill, Laura (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The primary label for people who are sexually attracted to children (“pedophile”) is conflated with sexual offending behavior and tainted with stigma. In the present pre-registered mixed-method study, we therefore investigated ... -
Secret-keeping in therapy by clients who are sexually attracted to children
Jahnke, Sara; Blagden, Nicholas; Mcphail, Ian V.; Antfolk, Jan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Objective This study investigated the reasons why pedohebephilic clients disclose their sexual attraction to children in therapy and the experiences associated with this decision among English-speaking samples. Method: The ...