Emotional congruence with children (ECWC) is a psychologically meaningful risk factor for sexual offending against children (SOC). Based on previous research and theory, three models have been proposed to explain ECWC: Blockage, Sexual Domain, and Psychological Immaturity. Using structural equation modelling in a routine correctional sample of men adjudicated for sexual offences (n = 983), we found little support for all three of these models. Instead, we found that atypical sexual interests, alone, best explained ECWC, with a moderate relationship to ECWC. Using the predictors associated with each of the three models of ECWC, we identified three classes of men with a history of SOC who are high in ECWC using latent class analyses (n = 377). These three classes generally did not replicate the three models of ECWC. We instead propose three subgroups of men with histories of SOC who are high in ECWC, characterized respectively by: relationship deficits; youth and loneliness; and high sexual and general criminality. High levels of ECWC are predictive of a higher risk of sexual recidivism, regardless of class association; however, these subgroups are differentially at risk for some types of recidivism. Our findings suggest that ECWC is a multi-faceted construct, which is still not well understood.

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与儿童的情感一致性：对有儿童性侵犯史的男性不同模式的实证检验。

与儿童的情感一致性 (ECWC) 是对儿童进行性侵犯 (SOC) 的一个具有心理意义的风险因素。基于以往的研究和理论，已经提出了三种模型来解释 ECWC：阻塞、性领域和心理不成熟。在因性犯罪而被裁定的男性常规矫正样本中使用结构方程模型 (n = 983)，我们发现对所有这三种模型的支持很少。相反，我们发现仅非典型的性兴趣可以最好地解释 ECWC，与 ECWC 的关系适中。使用与三种 ECWC 模型相关的预测因子，我们使用潜在类别分析 (n = 377) 确定了三类具有 SOC 病史且 ECWC 高的男性。这三个班一般都没有复制ECWC的三个模式。相反，我们提出了三个具有 SOC 历史且 ECWC 高的男性亚组，其特征分别为：关系缺陷；青春与孤独；性犯罪和一般犯罪率高。高水平的 ECWC 预示着更高的性累犯风险，无论阶级协会如何；然而，这些亚群在某些类型的累犯风险方面存在差异。我们的研究结果表明，ECWC 是一个多方面的结构，目前仍未得到很好的理解。