Expressions of empathy in men accused of child sexual abuse

Authors

  • Andreína da Silva Moura Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Sílvia Helena Koller Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Keywords:

Child sexual abuse, men accused of sexual abuse, empathy.

Abstract

The aim of this research was to investigate presence/absence of empathy expressions in men accused of sexual abuse against children, according to their self-reports. The study has been carried out with five participants, aged from 37 to 73 years old, accused of sexual abuse against children with up to 13 years. A bio-social-demographic protocol and a semi-structuralized interview were applied to participants. Questions accessed empathy asked how participants feeling about some situations involved children. The interviews were accomplished individually, in a single session. The participants’ answers were categorized by their content. Four kinds of answers were given: answers had focus on empathy (focus on children feelings), pragmatic answers (without expression of feelings), answers of personal distress (focused on bad feelings of the participants) and answers of positive feelings (focused on positive feelings of the participants). The participants maintain traces of general empathy.

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Author Biographies

Andreína da Silva Moura, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Graduação pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Mestrado em em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Atualmente, é doutoranda nessa mesma instituição. Desde o mestrado vem trabalhando com agressores sexuais.

Sílvia Helena Koller, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Professora da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 1990. Orientadora de Doutorado e Mestrado; Coordenadora do Centro de Estudos Psicológicos sobre Meninos e Meninas de Rua.

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Published

2010-05-17

How to Cite

Moura, A. da S., & Koller, S. H. (2010). Expressions of empathy in men accused of child sexual abuse. Psico, 41(2). Retrieved from https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/revistapsico/article/view/5347

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Vol. 41 No. 2 (2010): Pesquisa não publicada não é Ciência

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