Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Correspondence: Tiffany A. Email: sfresearchproject gmail. Deviant sexual fantasy is identified as a risk factor for sexual offending, yet no study has examined deviant sexual fantasy across the lifespan in nonoffending adult males. To bridge this gap, this study examined the frequencies of normative and deviant sexual fantasies among nonoffending adult males in the United States.
Participants took two inventories that assessed demographics and types of sexual fantasies. Normality tests, means tests, KruskalβWallis 1-way analyses of variance ANOVAs , binary logistic regressions, and odds ratio post hoc analyses were conducted.
Deviant sexual fantasies progressively declined across all three age groups, while normative sexual fantasy did not. Results suggest that deviant sexual fantasy changes across the lifespan. Applicability of the findings to applied settings, such as sexually violent predator evaluations, is discussed. Limitations and future considerations are addressed. Key words: Deviant, fantasy, interest, lifespan, males, nonoffending, normative, sexual, sexual offending, United States.
Given the scope of this problem, researchers work to identify risk factors for sexually abusive behavior. However, the mechanism by which deviant sexual interest precipitates sexual recidivism is not well understood. However, little is known about the frequency and types of deviant sexual fantasy across the lifespan as well as how this attenuation is related to sexual reoffending. Men experience a decline in testosterone production as they enter late adulthood.
Sexual arousal has found to attenuate with age due to a variety of factors such as sexual disorders, the onset of medical disorders or diseases, and side effects of psychopharmacological treatment. Previous studies e. For example, Blanchard and Barbaree found in their study of male pedophiles, hebephiles and teleiophiles that the amplitude of penile response declines steeply from adolescence to around age 30, after which penile response declines at a slower rate.
