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Table 2 Group comparisons between child sex tourists (CST) and other child sexual abusers (nonCST) concerning risk factors

From: Child sex tourism – prevalence of and risk factors for its use in a German community sample

 

CST (n = 36)1

nonCST (n = 96)1

   
 

M (SD) / n (%)

M (SD) / n (%)

χ2/T

p

ϕ/dc

Sociodemographic characteristics

 No 2-year relationship

11 (30.6%)

26 (27.1%)

.16

.67

.03

 Own abusive experience

26 (72.2%)

24 (25.0%)

24.81

< .001*

.43

Pedophilic sexual interests and behaviors

 Sexual fantasies involving boys: - dimensional (M (SD)) - true/false (n (%))

.36 (SD = .42)

.27 (SD = .39)

−1.15

.25

.26

18 (50.0%)

35 (36.5%)

-

-

-

 Sexual fantasies involving girls: - dimensional (M (SD)) - true/false (n (%))

.42(SD = .42)

.39 (SD = .41)

−.30

.77

.06

21 (58.3%)

52 (54.2%)

-

-

-

 Sexual fantasies involving boys or girls

22 (61.1%)

65 (67.7%)

.51

.48

.06

 Sexual behaviors involving boys: - dimensional (M (SD)) - true/false (n (%))

.43 (SD = .40)

.18(SD = .27)

−3.38

.001*

.78

23 (63.9%)

37 (38.5%)

-

-

-

 Sexual behaviors involving girls: - dimensional (M (SD)) - true/false (n (%))

.44 (SD = .43)

.32 (SD = .26)

−1.57

.12

.38

22 (61.1%)

69 (71.9%)

-

-

-

Child pornography

28 (77.8%)

33 (34.4%)

19.84

< .001*

.39

Child prostitution

28 (77.8%)

5 (5.2%)

73.54

< .001*

.75

Alcohol during sexual assault

13 (39.4%)

19 (21.3%)

4.05

.04

.18

Likelihood of future sexual assaults

48.00(SD = 35.33)

14.24 (SD = 22.99)

−5.03

< .001*

1.26

Thought about seeking professional help

14 (43.8%)

13 (14.9%)

11.07

.002*

.31

Hypersexuality

 Seven or more orgasms per week

2 (6.9%)

13 (15.5%)

-b

.35

.11

Antisociality

 Previous conviction for property offense

10 (31.3%)

9 (10.2%)

7.78

.01

.26

 Previous conviction for violent offense

18 (56.3%)

6 (6.8%)

35.84

< .001*

.55

 Previous conviction for sexual offense

12 (37.5%)

9 (10.2%)

12.09

.001*

.32

  1. M: mean; SD: standard deviation
  2. 1Numbers of cases included vary slightly for some calculations
  3. * Still significant after sequential Bonferroni correction
  4. aFisher’s Exact Test (expected frequency of 3 categories <5)b Fisher’s Exact Test (expected frequency of 1 category <5)
  5. cd > 0.2: small effect, d > 0.5: medium effect, d > 0.8: large effect
  6. ϕ > 0.1: small effect, ϕ > 0.3: medium effect, ϕ > 0.5: large effect
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