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The Psychology of Trauma

Sexual Abuse

What causes pedophilia?

At this point, there is no clear answer to this question, although quite a few possible causes have been proposed. Three possible causes include inadequate social skills, neurological impairment (or brain damage), and the pedophile’s own history of childhood sexual abuse.



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