... these images that they need them to create sexual gratification (Gebhard, Gagnon, & Pomeroy, 1965). Garland and Dougher (1990) theorized two reasons for this behavior leading to the development of pedophiliac behavior:(1) and adolescent's sexual activity with persons his or her own age could condition sexual arousal to pubescent children, and (2) through memory distortions that ... ratings based on taped conversations with females and found that all offender groups were less socially competent than the control groups. The child molesters were less skilled at predicting and evaluating the...

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