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Record W4408803451 · doi:10.1080/08927936.2025.2476295

Understanding Attitudes and Psychological Characteristics of Zoophilic Fantasy Endorsers

2025· article· en· W4408803451 on OpenAlex
Alexandra M. Zidenberg, Saleha Iqbal, Michelle Schwier

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Bibliographic record

VenueAnthrozoös · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldSocial Sciences
TopicStalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment
Canadian institutionsWestern UniversityUniversité de Montréal
Fundersnot available
KeywordsFantasyPsychologyDevelopmental psychologySocial psychologyApplied psychologyArtLiterature

Abstract

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Although there are growing bodies of literature on both zoophilia/bestiality and sexual fantasies, there is very little information available on individuals who fantasize about zoophilic behaviors. Thus, the current study explored potential differences between individuals who reported zoophilic fantasies and those who did not. Participants completed a series of questionnaires that measured constructs such as multiple perpetrator rape interest (M-PRIS), loneliness (UCLA Loneliness Scale), rape myth acceptance (SRMA-II), and psychopathy (SRP-III Short Form;). The results were then compared with participants’ responses to item 13 (“sex with an animal”) on the Sexual Fantasy Questionnaire (SFQ). The results indicated that 46% (n = 140) of participants reported having at least some zoophilic fantasies. Additionally, those with zoophilic fantasies scored higher than participants without zoophilic fantasies on interest in multiple perpetrator rape, rape myth acceptance, and self-reported psychopathy. Conversely, participants without zoophilic fantasies scored marginally higher on loneliness. This study was largely preliminary and exploratory, so more work needs to be done to investigate correlates of zoophilic fantasies in order to determine potential correlated problematic attitudes and treatment targets for clinicians.

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metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.773
Threshold uncertainty score0.403

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

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Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
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Science and technology studies0.0000.001
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.136
GPT teacher head0.402
Teacher spread0.266 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it