Intra-family sex offenders: What is wrong with you?

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v10i8.17438

Keywords:

Character traits; Psychosocial factors; Sex offenses.

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate personality characteristics of authors of sexual violence against children and adolescents. Methodology: Four male individuals, aged between 41 and 63, condemned for intrafamily sex crime participated in the study, prisoners in a state prison, located to the northwest of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Instruments: Sociodemographic record, Factorial Personality Inventory (IFP-II), Neupsilin, Zulliger Method and Thematic Apperception Test (TAT). Results: Personality traits indicated a search for personal affirmation, power and control over others, difficulties in dealing with impulses, desires to dominate and seduce, vulnerability with regard to internal aspects, as well as distorted perception of reality and lack of social skills. Final Considerations: The ideographic findings are compatible with the literature and can be useful to support psychological evaluations and intervention measures, as well as instigating follow-up studies.

Author Biography

Silvana Alba Scortegagna, Universidade de Passo Fundo

ós Doutorado na Universidade São Francisco (USF-SP) com período de estágio na Universidade de Denver (USA). Doutora em Psicologia pela Universidade São Francisco (USF-SP), com período na Universidade de Salamanca (ES), e mestra em Educação pela Universidade de Passo Fundo (UPF). Professora Titular III do Curso de Psicologia e Docente do Programa de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu em Envelhecimento Humano da Universidade de Passo Fundo (PPGEH). Líder do grupo de pesquisa CNPq e Coordenadora do Laboratório de Pesquisas e Práticas Interdisciplinares em Avaliação e Intervenção Psicológica (LAPSi). Atualmente está como Vice-Presidente da Associação Brasileira de Rorschach e Métodos Projetivos (ASBRO, 2018-2020 e 2020-2022), tendo sido secretária da entidade (2014-2016). Membro do GT de Métodos Projetivos nos Contextos da Avaliação Psicológica da Associação Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação em Psicologia (ANPEPP, desde 2009), sendo Vice-Coordenadora deste GT (2018-2020) e atual Coordenadora (2020-2022). Parecerista do Sistema de Avaliação de Testes Psicológicos (SATEPSI, 2018-2020 e 2021-2023). Tem experiência na área de avaliação e intervenção interdisciplinar em psicologia clínica e da saúde; em pesquisas relacionadas ao uso e adaptação de testes que avaliam a saúde mental e a saúde geral, e no desenvolvimento de tecnologias aplicadas à avaliação, à intervenção e ao monitoramento das condições de saúde no processo de envelhecimento humano. Trabalha como assessora científica do CNPq, Conselho Federal de Psicologia e de vários periódicos nacionais e internacionais de reconhecido mérito. 

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13/07/2021

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LANER, C. O. .; SCORTEGAGNA, S. A. . Intra-family sex offenders: What is wrong with you?. Research, Society and Development, [S. l.], v. 10, n. 8, p. e34210817438, 2021. DOI: 10.33448/rsd-v10i8.17438. Disponível em: https://www.rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/17438. Acesso em: 19 apr. 2024.

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