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June 6, 2026The Journal of Sexual Medicine0 citations

Sexual Fantasies and Psychopathology: Role of Adverse Childhood Experiences

(270) Sexual and Paraphilic Fantasies in Psychiatric Patients: Preliminary Evidence About the Role of Psychopathology, Dark Tetrad, and Adverse Childhood Experiences

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ELE LimoncinLNL NacciSSS Sabra

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Overview

Randomized trial explores associations between paraphilic fantasies and psychological factors in psychiatric patients, suggesting intervention needs.

Key Points

  • To examine links between sexual and paraphilic fantasies, adverse childhood experiences, Dark Tetrad traits, and psychopathology in psychiatric patients.
  • Sample of 39 psychiatric patients admitted to intensive care unit
  • Administered measures including Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, and Short Dark Tetrad scale
  • Analyzed correlations between adverse childhood experiences and various paraphilic fantasies
  • 77.5% of patients reported trauma, with 30% having voyeuristic fantasies
  • Significant correlations found between physical abuse and paraphilic fantasies, especially fetishism and exhibitionism (r=0.37, p=0.020)
  • Dark Tetrad traits correlated with fantasies like psychopathy linked to voyeurism (r=0.32, p=0.047)

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Limoncin et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a23bc0571a5da9775e77736https://doi.org/10.1093/jsxmed/qdag118.244
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