Hebephilia
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'''Hebephilia''' refers to the sexual preference for pubescent children; the term was introduced by Glueck (1955).<ref>Glueck, B. C., Jr. (1955). ''Final report: Research project for the study and treatment of persons convicted of crimes involving sexual aberrations. June 1962 to June 1955.'' New York: New York State Department of Mental Hygiene.</ref> It differs from [[ephebophilia]], which refers to the erotic interest in children in mid- to late adolescence,<ref>Krafft-Ebing, R., & Moll, A. (1924). ''Psychopathia sexualis.'' Stuttgart: Ferdinand Enke.</ref> and from [[pedophilia]], which refers to the erotic interest in prepubescent children.<ref>Krafft-Ebing, R. von. (1886). ''Psychopathia sexualis: A medico-forensic study'' (1965 trans by H. E. Wedeck). New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons.</ref> Although individuals with a sexual preference for adults (i.e., ''teleiophiles'') also have some sexual interest in pubescent-aged individuals,<ref>Freund, K., Langevin, R., Cibiri, S., & Zajac, Y. (1973). Heterosexual aversion in homosexual males. ''British Journal of Psychiatry, 122,'' 163-169.</ref> the term hebephilia is reserved for those who ''prefer'' pubescent-aged individuals over adults.
== Etiology ==
It is not known what causes someone to be sexually interested in pubescent children rather than in adults; nor is it established what mechanisms cause an individual to be attracted to whatever s/he is attracted to.
A team of Canadian [[sexology| sexologists]] has published a series of research articles comparing biologically relevant characteristics of [[pedophilia| pedophiles]], hebephiles, and teleiophiles (individuals with a sexual preference for adults). The samples used were non representative; criminal and clinical in nature. In such samples, hebephilic men are midway between pedophilic men and teleiophilic men on average IQ (with pedophiles scoring the lowest),<ref name=Cantor2004>Cantor, J. M., Blanchard, R., Christensen, B. K., Dickey, R., Klassen, P. E., Beckstead, A. L., et al. (2004). Intelligence, memory, and handedness in pedophilia. ''Neuropsychology, 18,'' 3–14.</ref> memory test scores (with pedophiles scoring the lowest),<ref name = Cantor2004/> rates of non-right-handedness,<ref>Cantor, J. M., Klassen, P. E., Dickey, R., Christensen, B. K., Kuban, M. E., Blak, T., et al. (2005). Handedness in pedophilia and hebephilia. ''Archives of Sexual Behavior, 34,'' 447–459.</ref> rates of school grade failures over and above the IQ differences (with pedophiles having the most frequent grade failures),<ref>Cantor, J. M., Kuban, M. E., Blak, T., Klassen, P. E., Dickey, R., & Blanchard, R. (2006). Grade failure and special education placement in sexual offenders’ educational histories. ''Archives of Sexual Behavior, 35,'' 743–751.</ref> rates of having suffered head injuries in childhood (with pedophiles having the highest rates of injuries),<ref>Blanchard, R., Kuban, M. E., Klassen, P., Dickey, R., Christensen, B. K., Cantor, J. M., & Blak, T. (2003). Self-reported injuries before and after age 13 in pedophilic and non-pedophilic men referred for clinical assessment. ''Archives of Sexual Behavior, 32,'' 573–581.</ref><ref>Blanchard, R., Christensen, B. K., Strong, S. M., Cantor, J. M., Kuban, M. E., Klassen, P., Dickey, R., & Blak, T. (2002). Retrospective self-reports of childhood accidents causing unconsciousness in phallometrically diagnosed pedophiles. ''Archives of Sexual Behavior, 31,'' 511–526.</ref> and physical height.<ref>Cantor, J. M., Kuban, M. E., Blak, T., Klassen, P. E., Dickey, R., & Blanchard, R. (2007). Physical height in pedophilia and hebephilia. ''Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 19,'' 395–407.</ref>
==Prevalence of hebephilia versus pedophilia==
There are clinical and correctional samples of sexual offenders in which hebephilic men outnumber the pedophilic men.<ref name = Cantor2004/><ref>Gebhard, P. H., Gagnon, J. H., Pomeroy, W. B., & Christenson, C. V. (1965). ''Sex offenders: An analysis of types.'' New York: Harper & Row.</ref><ref>Studer, L. H., Aylwin, A. S., Clelland, S. R., Reddon, J. R., & Frenzel, R. R. (2002). Primary erotic preference in a group of child molesters. ''International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 25,'' 173–180.</ref> Moreover, anonymous surveys of people sexually interested in children more frequently report an erotic interest pubescent children than in prepubescent children.<ref>Bernard, F. (1975). An enquiry among a group of pedophiles. ''The Journal of Sex Research, 11,'' 242–255.</ref><ref>Wilson, G. D., & Cox, D. N. (1983). Personality of paedophile club members. ''Personality and Individual Differences, 4,'' 323–329.</ref>
== References ==
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