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  • The portuguese version of victim empathy distortion scale: Adaptation and psychometric properties
    Publication . Sousa, Marta; Cunha, Olga; Gonçalves, Rui Abrunhosa; De Castro Rodrigues, Andreia
    Victim empathy is a common intervention target in intervention programs designed for individuals who perpetrated child sexual abuse (CSA). Researchers have developed the Victim Empathy Distortion Scale (VES), an instrument designed to assess empathy for victims of CSA. The present study aims to adapt the VES for the Portuguese population and examine its psychometric properties. One hundred and twelve individuals who perpetrated CSA and 245 individuals from the community participated in this study. The confirmatory factor analysis did not show satisfactory indices for the structures previously tested. Consequently, the search for an alternative model revealed a two-factor structure, explaining approximately 50% of the total variance. Results also indicated good internal consistency, discriminant validity, and known-groups validity. Overall, the results support the claim that the Portuguese version of the VES is a valuable and psychometrically reliable instrument for measuring victim empathy in forensic and non-forensic settings. © The Author(s) 2024.
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  • Validation of the revised Screening Scale for Pedophilic Interests (SSPI-2) in Portugal
    Publication . Gouveia, Cláudia; Sousa, Marta; Cunha, Olga; Seto, Michael; De Castro Rodrigues, Andreia; Gonçalves, Rui Abrunhosa
    The accurate assessment of pedophilic sexual interests is crucial for the treatment andmanagement of individuals who have sexually offended children. This study aimed tovalidate the Revised Screening Scale for Pedophilic Interests (SSPI-2) in a Portuguesesample of 170 men convicted of sexual offenses against children, 104 serving sentencesin the community, and 66 in prison. The findings indicated that SSPI-2 demonstratedgood convergent validity, as evidenced by its significant and positive associations withthe “sexual deviance” item of SVR-20, the number of previous convictions for sexualcrimes against children, and having 3 or more child victims, which is associated withhigh sensitivity and specificity in distinguishing men who show greater sexual arousal tochildren than to adults. Furthermore, the SSPI-2 exhibited good divergent validity, withno significant correlations observed with a self-report measure of psychopathy or witha nonsexual criminal history
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