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Viewing Child Pornography: Prevalence and Correlates in a Representative Community Sample of Young Swedish Men
Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, Canada.
Carleton University, Canada.
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Social Work.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4416-1223
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Department of Psychology. Lund University.
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2015 (English)In: Archives of Sexual Behavior, ISSN 0004-0002, E-ISSN 1573-2800, Vol. 44, no 1, p. 67-79Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

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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2015. Vol. 44, no 1, p. 67-79
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Sociology (Excluding Social Work, Social Anthropology, Demography and Criminology)
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Social Sciences, Social Work; Social Sciences, Social Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-32593DOI: 10.1007/s10508-013-0244-4ISI: 000346861200010Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84928773971OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-32593DiVA, id: diva2:700202
Available from: 2014-03-03 Created: 2014-03-03 Last updated: 2025-02-17Bibliographically approved

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