Paraphilic Interests: The Role of Psychosocial Factors in a Sample of Young Adults in Hong Kong

Abstract Background Little is known about the prevalence and nature of paraphilic interests in Hong Kong young adult population. This study explores psychosocial factors associated with interests. Methods Testing propositions several criminological theories (i.e., self-control, general strain, social learning, control, routine activity), recruited 1171 participants (18–40 years old), from September 2018 through April 2020, to examine both 14 subtypes interest voyeurism, exhibitionism, scatologia, fetishism, transvestic frotteurism, sadism, masochism, biastophilia, urophilia, scatophilia, hebephilia, pedophilia, zoophilia). Results The findings indicate that males reported significantly higher levels 12 than females, while females had a level fetishism males. No mean difference found between masochism. Relative negative temperament, alcohol drug use, risky sexual behavior, whereas bonds, perceived neighborhood disorganization Multivariate analyses general, high low self-control bonds were important participants’ likelihood having interest. Conclusions These provide support significant role understanding different Policy Implications has implications for practice, form reducing, if not eliminating, tendency develop an behaviors. may be more when referring behaviors are criminally oriented.