Citation

Fuss J, Jais L, Grey BT, Guczka SR, Briken P, Biedermann SV. J. Sex Marital Ther. 2019; ePub(ePub): 1-15.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Center of Psychosocial Medicine , University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf , Germany.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/0092623X.2019.1623355

PMID

31130086

Abstract

Adults with paraphilic infantilism may desire to wear diapers or engage in infant-like role-play. Erotic target identity inversions (ETII) and childhood maltreatment have been hypothesized to cause regressive interests. To evaluate these two etiological hypotheses, we surveyed the online Adult Baby/Diaper Lover community. Data from 1904 cisgender men revealed a prevalence of pedophilic interests comparable to the general male population, arguing against ETIIs as common in paraphilic infantilism. In contrast, self-reported childhood neglect and abuse were highly prevalent, suggesting that infantilism might be correlated with childhood maltreatment. Additionally, some participants described repetition and/or sexualization of negative childhood experiences.

Language: en

Keywords

adult baby syndrome; childhood trauma; erotic target identity inversion; erotic target location error; pedophilia; sexual abuse