The main goal of this clinical trial is to learn if psychotherapy works to reduce consumption of child abuse imagages.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
60
Psychotherapy according to the Berlin Dissexuality Therapy (BEDIT)
Abstinence
Abstinence rates for the consumption of abusive images
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment 12 - 18 weeks
Frequency of abstinence rates
Frequency of abstinence rates for the use of child abuse images
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment 12 - 18 weeks
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)
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment 12 - 18 weeks
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)
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment 12 - 18 weeks
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
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment 12 - 18 weeks
Mental Health
Mental health measured by Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale * Two subscales (Anxiety and Depression), each with 7 items, rated from 0 (no symptoms) to 3 (severe symptoms) * Unweighted summation * minimum = 0, maximum = 21 per subscale; cutoff score = 11 * Even-numbered items pertain to the Depression subscale, odd-numbered items to the Anxiety subscale * Items 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13 are reverse-coded
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Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment 12 - 18 weeks
General well-being
General well-being measured by European Health Interview Survey - Quality of Life * 8 items, rated on a scale from 1 (not at all) to 5 (completely) * No reverse-coded items * Unweighted summation * minimum = 8, maximum = 40 * Higher scores represent better quality of life
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment 12 - 18 weeks