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MAPs Wanted for Study on Sexual Attractions over Time

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B4U-ACT is supporting a new study led by Lucas Walters, a PhD student at the University of Ottawa, as part of his doctoral research on sexual attractions. This study aims to understand how sexual attraction may change over time, and with life events.

The study is a three part longitudinal study. Participating involves taking a 15-minute survey, followed by additional 15-minute surveys 6 and 12 months later. The researchers will send the second and third survey links to an email address provided by the participant, which can be accessed for 48 hours after receiving the reminder email. Data from survey responses will be stored securely, and will not be associated with the email address provided. It is also possible to use an anonymous email address from a secure provider (such as Proton Mail or Skiff).

Eligible participants are age 16 or over (18 or over if living in Quebec, Canada), and proficient in English. People who fit this description are invited to participate using the link below:

Go to survey

The following flyer was also provided by the researchers. The study can be accessed via the QR code in the flyer, as well as by the link above.

B4QR Volume 3, Issue 4 Out Now

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The Autumn 2023 issue of the B4U-ACT Quarterly Review has just been released and is available here.

This issue concludes the third volume of B4QR, and includes short critical summaries of six studies published between June and July 2023. Also included is a response from Amy Lawrence to one of the reviews featured the issue. The featured scholar in the “Meet The New Generation” section of this issue is Agatha Chronos, a Psychology PhD Candidate at the University of Bergen in Norway. The full text is available to read for free on our site.

b4uact.org/b4qr/vol3/autumn2023/

Research Results: “Better Therapy for People who are attracted to Children”

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What labels do people attracted to children prefer when describing themselves, or when described by others? Do therapy outcomes improve when they disclose their attraction? How does stigma effect these outcomes, and people’s willingness to reach out?

A multinational research team led by Dr. Sara Jahnke of the University of Bergen is bringing researchers a better understanding of these issues.

In 2021, B4U-ACT helped publicize and recruit participants for a study titled “Better Therapy for People who are attracted to Children.” Now, after publishing two papers in major journals based on the data (with a third submitted for publication), the researchers have now released a “Study Report for Participants” describing the results.

Among the results, the researchers found that revealing a sexual attraction to children to a therapist is only linked to better outcomes if the therapist reacts in a supportive way. Participants also expressed overall acceptance for a wide range of labels for themselves, with “minor-attracted person” being rated most positively and “person with pedophilia/hebephilia” and “pedophilic/hebephilic person” being rated least positively of the options given.

The full report for participants from the researchers is below.

Additionally, you can find a full review of the the researchers’ more detailed first publication from the survey in the Winter 2023 edition of B4QR, B4U-ACT’s research review publication. The full text of the second publication is also available here as an author accepted manuscript.

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