TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ware, Jayson Barry
TI  - The emotional apperception test: a victim specific empathic competency measure for child sex offenders
PY  - 1997///
KW  - FVC
KW  - CHILDREN AT RISK
KW  - INCEST
KW  - INTERVENTION
KW  - OFFENDERS
KW  - THESES
KW  - TREATMENT
KW  - PREVENTION
KW  - SEXUAL VIOLENCE
N1  - Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at the University of Canterbury.  Available for loan from the University of Canterbury library
N2  - This study is an attempt to create a new measure of empathy in the child sex offender, which measures empathic competency towards their own victim(s), other victims, and generalised contexts. The measure also sought to discover if offender empathy deficits emanate in one, or all, of the four necessary stages of empathy. Twenty incarcerated child sex offenders and 20 community non-offenders were administered the Emotional Apperception Test (EAT). The EAT provided reliable and discriminating results. The sex offenders presented significant victim specific empathy deficits, but were also generally less empathic than the non-offenders. Their deficits emanated at the perspective taking stage of empathy, particularly towards their own victims. They presented more general deficits at the following emotional replication stage. These deficits were consistent during and immediately after the sexual encounter with their most recent victim. These results were mostly consistent with recent research, and emphasised the need for further development of competency-based measures that are not subject to the fundamental bias associated with self report scales. The limitations and research implications are discussed with particular emphasis on the EAT and the factors that manifest these victim specific empathy deficits.--AUTHOR'S ABSTRACT
ER  -