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Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment
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Self-Esteem and Parental Attachments in Child Molesters

William L. Marshall

Department of Psychology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6 Canada

Agnes Mazzucco

Department of Psychology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6 Canada

We evaluated self-esteem and various possible indices of the quality of the subjects' parental attachments in both child molesters (n = 24) and nonoffenders (n = 23). Of the various measures employed, only on the Social Self-Esteem Inventory and the Childhood Sexual Abuse Scale did we find significant group differences. The child molesters had lower self-esteem and were more likely to report childhood sexual abuse than were the nonoffenders. Maternal rejection scores were the best predictors of self-esteem. The results are taken to support partially our theory of the etiology of child molestation and are discussed in terms of their relevance for treatment.

Key Words: attachment theory • child molestation • childhood sexual abuse • parental rejection • self-esteem • sexual offending.

Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, Vol. 7, No. 4, 279-285 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/107906329500700404
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