This study examined whether the attitudinal responses toward child sexual abuse (CSA) differ due to the person’s relationship with the victim (intrafamilial vs. extrafamilial) and/or proximity to the victim (close vs. distant). An online sample of 292 participants completed a measure assessing pre-existing attitudes toward people who commit sexual offenses, before being randomly presented with a vignette describing a CSA case committed by a biological father, biological uncle, babysitter, stranger, or stepfather. Participants then rated the perpetrator’s level of dangerousness and pedophilic interest, their own feelings of disgust, and their punitive judgments. Controlling for pre-existing attitudes, the extrafamilial cases (stranger and babysitter) were perceived to be more dangerous (large effects; ds > .50) and more pedophilic than the stepfather (large effects; ds > .60). Also, participants reported greater levels of disgust toward the stranger than both the babysitter and uncle (medium effects; ds > .30). The findings demonstrate the need to account for the established heterogeneity of men who commit CSA when studying the public’s attitudinal responses. Methodological limitations and suggestions for future research are also discussed.

这项研究检查了对儿童性虐待 (CSA) 的态度反应是否因个人与受害者的关系（家庭内与家庭外）和/或与受害者的接近（近与远）而不同。一个由 292 名参与者组成的在线样本完成了一项评估对性犯罪者先前存在的态度的测量，然后随机呈现一个小插曲，描述由生父、亲生叔叔、保姆、陌生人或继父犯下的 CSA 案件。然后，参与者对肇事者的危险程度和恋童癖、他们自己的厌恶感以及他们的惩罚性判断进行评分。控制预先存在的态度，家庭外病例（陌生人和保姆）被认为更危险（大影响；ds > .50）并且比继父更恋童（大影响；d s > .60）。此外，与保姆和叔叔相比，参与者对陌生人的厌恶程度更高（中等影响；d s > .30）。研究结果表明，在研究公众的态度反应时，需要考虑实施 CSA 的男性的既定异质性。还讨论了方法学上的局限性和对未来研究的建议。