Assessing Components of Empathy in Sex-Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities

Autor/inn/en	Ralfs, Sonya; Beail, Nigel
Titel	Assessing Components of Empathy in Sex-Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 25 (2012) 1, S.50-59 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-2322
DOI	10.1111/j.1468-3148.2011.00648.x
Schlagwörter	Mental Retardation; Empathy; Criminals; Rehabilitation; Comparative Analysis; Sexual Abuse; Emotional Response; Outcomes of Treatment; Responses; Therapy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geistige Behinderung; Empathie; Straftäter; Sexueller Missbrauch; Emotionales Verhalten; Therapie
Abstract	Background: Because of a lack of research investigating empathy in sex offenders with intellectual disabilities, this study explored empathy in sex offenders and non-offenders with intellectual disabilities. Specific aims were to explore differences between these groups on measures of the components of empathy. Methods: The scores of 21 sex-offenders and 21 non-offenders with intellectual disabilities, matched by age, gender and IQ, were compared on the Test of Emotional Perception. Results: No differences were found between the two groups across the components of empathy. However, sex offenders who had received treatment performed better on tasks of emotion recognition, emotion replication and response decision than the non-offenders. Conclusions: Further research is needed to understand empathy in sex offenders with intellectual disabilities before any recommendations can be made regarding treatment programmes. (As Provided).
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