Research
These pages present a collection of scientific research and other demonstrative references on matters relevant to minor sexuality. This is a concise work intended for use in situations such as on-line debates and essay-writing. A broader range of articles on researchers and research topics can be found , in our Encyclopedia. Other sources for reading, development or general use can be found here.
In relation to the child or minor
Harm to and abuse of children: Prevalence and correlates...
- Research: Association or Causation: Is the association between adult mental health and child sexual abuse causative?
- Research: Prevalence of Harm and Negative Outcomes: How often is the minor/child harmed? What correlates with this harm?
- Research: Secondary Harm: Does social interpretation of adult-minor sex, and therapy create or compound the harm attributed to it?
- Research: Family Environment: Do family factors associated with 'CSA' inflate the negative effects reported in most studies of it?
- Research: Profiling the Child Victim: Do children who have been sexually involved express a typical set of symptoms?
- Research: The internet, minors and "online victimisation": Are these common fears supported by sound literature?
Widely held beliefs about children, minors and sexuality...
- Research: Sexual repression: Can sexual neglect and desexualization cause harm?
- Research: Childhood Sexual Innocence: Is the cultural hypothesis of innate sexual "innocence" supported by the literature?
- Research: Cognitive Ability Research: At what age do young people develop certain abilities, qualities, and is there a "peak"?
- Research: Sexual behaviour among youth: Where research has investigated so-called "sex play", what are the outcomes?
In relation to the child or minor's older partner (or abuser)
Statistics...
- Research: Who offends and how often?: Are fears about "stranger danger", invisible sources of harm and widespread offending and victimization justified?
- Research: Recidivism: When compared to other criminal categories, how often do child sex offenders reoffend?
Clinical theories of the "child molester"...
- Research: Abused-Abuser: Is the idea that "abused" children go on to perpetrate empirically sound?
- Research: Immaturity: Are the adult partners retarded or lacking in intelligence?
- Research: Pedophiles in the criminal population: How often do child sex offenders have a pedophilic preference?
In relation to minor-attraction
Crimes suggesting an attraction to minors...
- Research: Child Pornography: What is the nature of child pornography, and the effect of its use?
Clinical theories of minor-attracted people...
- Research: Cognitive Distortion: Is the evidence for a significant degree of distortion in the beliefs of pedophiles sound?
- Research: Psychopathy and abnormal Psychology: Are pedophiles or ephebophiles suffering from a mental disorder/s?
- Research: Pedophilia as a sexual/erotic orientation: Does paedophilia constitute an orientation?
- Research: Nonsexual aspects: What are the nonsexual aspects of pedophilic attractions?
Prevalence and cure...
- Research: Prevalence: How common is pedophilia? How many pedophiles "act out"?
- Research: A "cure" for pedophilia?: To what extent is pedophilia a choice? Can it be "cured"?
Anthropological and zoological perspectives
What the historical, anthropological and animal data tells us...
- Research: Intergenerational Sexual Behaviors in Animals: Does sex between juveniles and adults occur in other species?
- Research: Intergenerational Relationships in History: Is adult-child sex culturally and historically ubiquitous?
- Research: Nonwestern Intergenerational Relationships: How do nonwestern - particularly tribal societies conceptualise their relationships?