About this trial
The main goal of this clinical trial is to learn if psychotherapy works to reduce consumption of child abuse imagages.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Age at first presentation minimum 18 years
Voluntary consent to participation on the part of the participant
At the time of inclusion, no contact with the justice system (ongoing investigation, ongoing criminal proceedings, ongoing prison sentence) due to sexually abusive behavior towards children
Sexually conspicuous behavior and/or fantasies or impulses that indicate the presence of a pedophilic and/or hebephilic preference disorder.
Disqualifiers
Age under 18 years
Lack of consent on the part of the patient
Exclusion of the presence of a pedophilic and/or hebephilic preference disorder
Current legal status in the sense of an ongoing investigation or criminal proceedings due to sexually assaultive behavior towards children
Trial design
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Psychotherapy
BehavioralPsychotherapy according to the Berlin Dissexuality Therapy (BEDIT)
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Abstinence
Abstinence rates for the consumption of abusive images
Secondary outcomes
Frequency of abstinence rates
Frequency of abstinence rates for the use of child abuse images
Sexual preoccupation
Hypersexual Behavior Inventory - 19, Total Sexual Outcomes * 19 Items, rated on a scale from 1 (never) bis 5 (very often) * No reverse-coded items * Unweighted summation * minimum = 19, maximum = 95 * Higher scores indicate more frequent or intense hypersexual behavior (negative outcome)
Cognitive distortions about child sexual abuse
Attitudes conducive to child sexual abuse measured by Bumby Molest Scale * 38 items, rated on a scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 4 (strongly agree) * No reverse-coded items * Unweighted summation * minimum = 38, maximum = 152 * Higher scores indicate a greater extent of cognitive distortions (negative outcome)
Emotion regulation
Emotion regulation measured by Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations - Short Form * 24 items, rated on a scale from 1 (not at all typical) to 5 (very typical) * No reverse-coded items * Unweighted summation * 3 subscales (task-oriented, emotion-oriented, avoidance): minimum = 8, maximum = 40 for each
Locations
Sponsors and contacts
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Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Lead sponsor
Hannover Medical School
Collaborator
Heinrich-Heine University, Duesseldorf
Collaborator
Klinikum Bamberg
Collaborator
University of Kiel
Collaborator
University Medical Center Mainz
Collaborator
Uniklinikum Giessen und Marburg
Collaborator
University Hospital Ulm
Collaborator
Universitätsklinikum Leipzig
Collaborator
University Hospital Regensburg
Collaborator
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Collaborator
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