TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Sexual sadism among sex offenders in Switzerland
JO  - Sexual abuse: a journal of research and treatment
A1  - Gonçalves, Leonel C.
A1  - Rossegger, Astrid
A1  - Gerth, Juliane
A1  - Singh, Jay P.
A1  - Endrass, Jerome
SP  - 1079063218800473
EP  - 1079063218800473
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - The Sexual Sadism Scale (SeSaS) was developed to assist in the diagnosis of sexual sadism, and it revealed adequate psychometric properties in prior research. This study cross validated the SeSaS in Switzerland using a sample of 179 male sex offenders. Specifically, the SeSaS conformed to a Mokken model of double monotonicity (scalability coefficient [ H] =.46, coefficient of reproducibility [CR] =.89), indicating that it measures a unidimensional construct of sexual sadism with hierarchically ordered items. The reliability of the scale was acceptable to high (ρ =.80, λ<sub>2</sub> =.75, κ =.88). In addition, the SeSaS was strongly associated with sexual sadism diagnoses based on mental health manuals ( r<sub>pb</sub> =.60, odds ratio [OR] = 13.02, area under the curve [AUC] = 1) but not with recidivism. The results suggest that the use of the SeSaS may improve the validity and reliability of sexual sadism diagnoses, therefore playing a role in the assessment and management of sex offenders.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1079-0632
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1079063218800473
ID  - ref1
ER  -