@article{ref1,
title="The virtual people set: developing computer-generated stimuli for the assessment of pedophilic sexual interest",
journal="Sexual abuse: a journal of research and treatment",
year="2013",
author="Dombert, Beate and Mokros, Andreas and Brückner, Eva and Schlegl, Verena and Antfolk, Jan and Bäckström, Anna and Zappalà, Angelo and Osterheider, Michael and Santtila, Pekka",
volume="25",
number="6",
pages="557-582",
abstract="The implicit assessment of pedophilic sexual interest through viewing-time methods necessitates visual stimuli. There are grave ethical and legal concerns against using pictures of real children, however. The present report is a summary of findings on a new set of 108 computer-generated stimuli. The images vary in terms of gender (female/male), explicitness (naked/clothed), and physical maturity (prepubescent, pubescent, and adult) of the persons depicted. A series of three studies tested the internal and external validity of the picture set. Studies 1 and 2 yielded good-to-high estimates of observer agreement with regard to stimulus maturity levels by two methods (categorization and paired comparison). Study 3 extended these findings with regard to judgments made by convicted child sexual offenders.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1079-0632",
doi="10.1177/1079063212469062",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1079063212469062"
}