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  • Forensic Psychology
  • Clinical Sexology
  • Motivation Science

Background:

  • Existing models often categorize sexual offending as a form of general offending behavior.
  • Current etiological frameworks primarily focus on disinhibition and sexual deviance factors.
  • A gap exists in understanding sexual offending through the lens of sexual motivation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce and elaborate on an incentive model of sexual motivation applied to sexual offending behavior.
  • To conceptualize sexual arousal as an emotion with strong physiological correlates.
  • To explore the development of deviant sexual interests and preferences within this motivational framework.

Main Methods:

  • Theoretical modeling based on principles of motivation and emotion.
  • Integration of existing research from sex offender studies, sexology, and motivation research.
  • Conceptual analysis of the relationship between emotional and sexual self-regulation.

Main Results:

  • Sexual arousal is proposed to be an emotion triggered by stimuli signaling potential reward.
  • A bidirectional relationship exists between sexual self-regulation and emotional self-regulation.
  • Sexual behavior can be used for emotional regulation (sexual coping), and emotions can regulate sexual arousal (sexual deviance).

Conclusions:

  • The proposed incentive model offers a valuable alternative perspective on sexual offending behavior.
  • Understanding sexual arousal as an emotion provides new insights into the development of deviant sexual interests.
  • The bidirectional interplay between emotional and sexual self-regulation is crucial for understanding sexual offending.