OBJECTIVE We quantitatively reviewed the construct validity evidence for all cognitively based indirect measures of sexual interest in prepubescent children (pedophilic interest) and pubescent children (hebephilic interest) using meta-analysis. METHOD Studies were included if they presented scores on a cognitively based indirect measure of pedohebephilic interest for a sample of adolescent or adult males who had committed a sexual offense against a child 16 years of age or younger, or who reported sexual interest in children, and for a comparison group. Studies were also included if they reported on the strength of association between scores on an indirect measure and an independent indicator of pedohebephilic interest in a sample of males. We used meta-analysis with robust variance estimation to summarize effect sizes and metaregression to test potential moderators. RESULTS Cognitively based indirect measures of pedohebephilic interest showed a moderate difference between pedohebephilic (n = 2,552) and nonpedohebephilic males (n = 2,434), d = 0.61, 95% CI [0.46, 0.76], k = 39. A small-to-moderate correlation was also observed between indirect measures and independent indicators of pedohebephilic interest, r = .23, 95% CI [0.17, 0.28], k = 23, n = 3,623. These effects were qualified by substantial heterogeneity; however, most moderators we tested did not account for a significant amount of heterogeneity. CONCLUSIONS Findings suggest that publication bias did not substantially distort the results. However, the lack of significant moderators suggests more research is needed to understand the conditions under which indirect measures best reflect pedohebephilic interest. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

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间接措施在多大程度上评估了儿童的性兴趣？荟萃分析。

目的我们通过荟萃分析，定量评估了所有基于认知的间接测量对青春期前儿童（恋童癖）和青春期儿童（恋爱儿童）性兴趣的建构效度证据。方法如果研究对象是对16岁以下的孩子实施了性犯罪的青少年或成年男性，或对儿童表现出性兴趣的青少年或成年男性，则采用基于认知的间接测量儿童嗜血杆菌兴趣的得分来进行研究，并且一个比较组。如果他们报告了男性样本中间接测量得分与嗜肺性嗜好的独立指标之间的关联强度，则也包括在内的研究也包括在内。我们使用具有稳健方差估计的荟萃分析来总结效应量和荟萃回归，以测试潜在的主持人。结果基于认知的对小儿肝炎兴趣的间接测度显示，小儿肝炎（n = 2,552）和非小儿肝炎男性（n = 2,434）之间存在中等差异，d = 0.61，95％CI [0.46，0.76]，k = 39。间接测量和小儿嗜血性兴趣的独立指标之间也存在中等相关性，r = 0.23，95％CI [0.17，0.28]，k = 23，n = 3,623。这些影响通过实质性的异质性得以证明。但是，我们测试的大多数主持人并没有说明大量的异质性。结论研究结果表明出版偏倚并没有实质性地扭曲结果。然而，缺乏重要的主持人表明，需要更多的研究来了解在何种情况下间接措施能够最好地反映出小儿麻痹的兴趣。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2021 APA，保留所有权利）。