Inhibitory Control in Sexually Coercive Men: Behavioral Insights Using a Stop-Signal Task With Neutral, Emotional, and Erotic Stimuli.
Sex Abuse
; 32(3): 301-319, 2020 Apr.
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ABSTRACT
Response inhibition is defined as one's ability to voluntarily override an automatic or already initiated action when that action is inappropriate. Although a core mechanism of self-control, its association with sexual coercion perpetration and the impact of erotic cues on its exertion remain unknown. According to a domain-specific perspective on impulsivity, response inhibition performances should be disproportionately hindered by sexual cues in sexual coercion perpetrators. In total, 94 male college students completed a stop-signal task that included neutral, emotional, and erotic distracters. Results showed that men who reported past use of sexual coercion obtained overall poorer stop-signal task (SST) performances. Highly arousing sexual stimuli equally hindered the performances of perpetrators and non-perpetrators, whereas moderately arousing sexual and nonsexual positive stimuli did not significantly affect performances. Results do not support a domain-specific perspective on the link between response inhibition and sexual coercion, but rather suggest generally poorer inhibitory control among sexual coercion perpetrators.
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Assunto principal:
Coerção
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Detecção de Sinal Psicológico
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Função Executiva
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Comportamento Impulsivo
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Inibição Psicológica
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Adult
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Humans
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Male
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En
Revista:
Sex Abuse
Assunto da revista:
PSIQUIATRIA
Ano de publicação:
2020
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Article
País de afiliação:
Canadá