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  1. Analyzing User Descriptions of Child Sexual Abuse Material Posted on Darknet Forums: A Manual and Automated Content Analysis

    Article • Victims & Offenders, March 2026, Taylor & Francis

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  2. Linguistic Indications of More Severe Behavior on Child Sexual Abuse Material Forums

    Article • Victims & Offenders, March 2026, Taylor & Francis

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  3. Opening the Discussion on the Costs of Pedophilic Disorder as a Mental Health Concern

    Article • Archives of Sexual Behavior, March 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  4. Inter- and Intrarater Reliability of Forensic Experts in Child Maltreatment Risk Assessments – An Explorative Vignette Study

    Article • Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice, January 2026, Taylor & Francis

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  5. Lexical choices of sharers and non-sharers on child sexual abuse material forums

    Article • Applied Corpus Linguistics, December 2025, Elsevier

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  6. Beyond Images and Videos: A Narrative Review of Text-Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Material

    Article • Trauma Violence & Abuse, November 2025, SAGE Publications

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  7. Arousal by Any Other Name? Probing the Specificity of Sexual Arousal in Men’s Cue-Based Judgments of Potential Flirt Partners

    Article • October 2025, Center for Open Science

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  8. Motives and Self-Reported Propensity for Sexual Offending in Community Men and Women

    Article • Sexual Abuse, October 2025, SAGE Publications

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  9. A Dress is (Still) Not a Yes: How Even Simple Key Presses Reveal Sexually Aroused Men’s Overreliance on Global Cues in the Context of Sexual Flirting

    Article • October 2025, Center for Open Science

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  10. Debiasing strategies for forensic psychological assessments

    Article • Professional Psychology Research and Practice, March 2025, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Laura Quinten, Alexander F. Schmidt

  11. Understanding Cybergrooming: A Systematic Review of Perpetrator Characteristics, Strategies, and Types

    Article • Trauma Violence & Abuse, February 2025, SAGE Publications

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  12. Polling Pedophilic Preferences: Analyzing Responses to User-Generated Member Polls on a Darknet Child Sexual Abuse Forum

    Article • Deviant Behavior, January 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  13. Communicatiepatronen van leden van een seksueel kindermisbruikforum op het darknet

    Article • Tijdschrift voor Criminologie, December 2024, Boom Uitgevers Den Haag

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  14. A review of risk factors for online and mixed child sexual abuse material offending: what is being researched?

    Article • Journal of Sexual Aggression, November 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  15. Missing the mark? Identifying child sexual abuse material forum structure and key-players based on public replies and private messaging networks

    Article • Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, November 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  16. The Propensity for Deviant Sexual Behavior in the General Population: An Empirical Examination of the Motivation-Facilitation Model

    Article • Sexual Abuse, September 2024, SAGE Publications

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  17. On the dimensionality, suitability of sum/mean scores, and cross-country measurement invariance of the Perceived Stress Scale 10 (PSS-10)—Evidence from 41 countries.

    Article • International Journal of Stress Management, July 2024, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr. Philipp E. Sischka, Alexander F. Schmidt

  18. How can I reduce bias in my work? Discussing debiasing strategies for forensic psychological assessments

    Article • July 2024, Center for Open Science

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  19. How can I reduce bias in my work? Discussing debiasing strategies for forensic psychological assessments

    Article • July 2024, Center for Open Science

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  20. Why do users continue to contribute to darknet Child Sexual Abuse Material forums? Examining social exchange, social capital, and social learning explanations using digital forensic artifacts

    Article • Child Abuse & Neglect, July 2024, Elsevier

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  21. Mediation analyses of longitudinal data investigating temporal associations between inflated sense of responsibility, obsessive–compulsive symptoms, and anger suppression

    Article • Journal of Clinical Psychology, June 2024, Wiley

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  22. A Dress Is Not a Yes: Towards an Indirect Mouse-Tracking Measure of Men’s Overreliance on Global Cues in the Context of Sexual Flirting

    Article • Archives of Sexual Behavior, February 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  23. Bias in der forensisch-psychologischen Begutachtung

    Article • January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  24. Paraphile Störungen

    Article • January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  25. Physical and Psychological Child and Adult Sex Cues and Their Association with Sexual Age Preferences

    Article • The Journal of Sex Research, November 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  26. “Stigmatization and perceived dangerousness for intrafamilial child sexual abuse of fathers with a history of sexual offenses and paraphilic interests: Results from a survey of legal psychological experts”

    Article • Child Abuse & Neglect, October 2023, Elsevier

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  27. Law-abiding versus criminal identity and self-efficacy: a quantitative approach to unravel psychological factors supporting desistance from crime

    Article • Psychology Crime and Law, May 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  28. Public Stigmatizing Reactions Toward Nonoffending Pedophilic Individuals Seeking to Relieve Sexual Arousal

    Article • The Journal of Sex Research, May 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  29. Latent structure of sexual maturity interests: Pedophilic, pedohebephilic, and teleiophilic preferences in community adult males

    Article • March 2023, Center for Open Science

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  30. Konsum von Missbrauchsabbildungen: Prävalenz, Ätiologie, Fallpriorisierung und Prognose

    Article • Forensische Psychiatrie Psychologie Kriminologie, January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  31. Vorschläge zur Evaluation der Wirksamkeit von Komponenten komplexer Behandlungsmaßnahmen für Straftäter

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  32. Child Abuse Myths are Pedophilic Myths: Cognitive Distortions are Stronger in Individuals Convicted of Sexual Offenses Diagnosed with Pedophilia Compared to Those Without Such Diagnosis

    Article • Deviant Behavior, October 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  33. Outpatient Therapists’ Perspectives on Working With Persons Who Are Sexually Interested in Minors

    Article • Archives of Sexual Behavior, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  34. COVID-19 countermeasures at the workplace, psychological well-being, and mental health - a nationally representative latent class analysis of Luxembourgish employees

    Article • Current Psychology, July 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alexander F. Schmidt, Dr. Philipp E. Sischka

  35. Pedohebephilia and Perceived Non-coercive Childhood Sexual Experiences: Two Non-matched Case-Control Studies

    Article • Sexual Abuse, May 2022, SAGE Publications

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  36. Outpatient Therapists’ Perspectives on Working with Persons Who Are Sexually Interested in Minors

    Article • January 2022, Center for Open Science

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  37. Neurodevelopmental Differences, Pedohebephilia, and Sexual Offending: Findings from Two Online Surveys

    Article • Archives of Sexual Behavior, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  38. Using Indirect Measures of Sexual Interest in Forensic Contexts: Past, Present, and Future

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  39. Neurodevelopmental Differences, Pedohebephilia, and Sexual Offending: Findings from Two Online Surveys

    Article • November 2021, Center for Open Science

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  40. Negative self-conscious emotions in women with borderline personality disorder as assessed by an Implicit Association Test.

    Article • Personality Disorders Theory Research and Treatment, September 2021, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Alexander F. Schmidt, Carsten Spitzer

  41. Law-abiding versus criminal identity and self-efficacy: A quantitative approach to unravel psychological factors supporting desistance from crime

    Article • July 2021, Center for Open Science

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  42. To what extent do erotic images elicit visuospatial versus cognitive attentional processes? Consistent support for a (non-spatial) Sexual Content-Induced Delay

    Article • July 2021, Center for Open Science

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  43. Aggressiveness in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder as assessed by the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure

    Article • Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, July 2021, Elsevier

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  44. Testing Causal Explanations of Viewing Time Measures of Sexual Interests

    Article • May 2021, Center for Open Science

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  45. Psychological Contract Violation or Basic Need Frustration? Psychological Mechanisms Behind the Effects of Workplace Bullying

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, April 2021, Frontiers

    Alexander F. Schmidt, Dr. Philipp E. Sischka

  46. Validity of Content‐Based Techniques for Credibility Assessment ‐How Telling is an Extended Meta‐Analysis Taking Research Bias into Account?

    Article • Applied Cognitive Psychology, December 2020, Wiley

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  47. The WHO-5 well-being index – validation based on item response theory and the analysis of measurement invariance across 35 countries

    Article • Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, December 2020, Elsevier

    Alexander F. Schmidt, Dr. Philipp E. Sischka

  48. Anger and aggressiveness in obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) and the mediating role of responsibility, non-acceptance of emotions, and social desirability

    Article • European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  49. The effect of competition and passive avoidant leadership style on the occurrence of workplace bullying

    Article • Personnel Review, July 2020, Emerald

    Alexander F. Schmidt, Dr. Philipp E. Sischka

  50. Using the Explicit and Implicit Sexual Interest Profile in applied forensic or clinical contexts

    Article • July 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  51. Stigmatization of Paraphilias and Psychological Conditions Linked to Sexual Offending

    Article • The Journal of Sex Research, April 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  52. Implicitly measured aggressiveness self-concepts in women with borderline personality disorder as assessed by an Implicit Association Test

    Article • Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, March 2020, Elsevier

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  53. The Impact of Forced Answering and Reactance on Answering Behavior in Online Surveys

    Article • Social Science Computer Review, February 2020, SAGE Publications

    Alexander F. Schmidt, Jean Décieux, Dr. Philipp E. Sischka

  54. Test–Retest Reliability and Temporal Agreement of Direct and Indirect Sexual Interest Measures

    Article • Sexual Abuse, February 2020, SAGE Publications

    Robin Welsch, Alexander F. Schmidt

  55. When Do False Accusations Lead to False Confessions? Preliminary Evidence for a Potentially Overlooked Alternative Explanation

    Article • Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice, January 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  56. To What Extent Do Erotic Images Elicit Visuospatial versus Cognitive Attentional Processes? Consistent Support for a (Non-Spatial) Sexual Content-Induced Delay

    Article • Archives of Sexual Behavior, November 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  57. Worin besteht die Expertise von forensischen Sachverständigen, und ist die Approbation gemäß Psychotherapeutengesetz dafür erforderlich?

    Article • Psychologische Rundschau, October 2019, Hogrefe Publishing Group

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  58. Interrogator intonation and memory encoding performance

    Article • PLOS One, June 2019, PLOS

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  59. "Validity of content-based techniques to distinguish true and fabricated statements: A meta-analysis": Correction to Oberlader et al. (2016).

    Article • Law and Human Behavior, April 2019, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  60. The Luxembourg Workplace Mobbing Scale

    Article • European Journal of Psychological Assessment, March 2019, Hogrefe Publishing Group

    Prof. Dr Georges Steffgen, Alexander F. Schmidt, Dr. Philipp E. Sischka

  61. Further Evidence for Criterion Validity and Measurement Invariance of the Luxembourg Workplace Mobbing Scale

    Article • European Journal of Psychological Assessment, September 2018, Hogrefe Publishing Group

    Alexander F. Schmidt, Dr. Philipp E. Sischka

  62. Corrigendum to “Implicit aggressiveness self-concepts in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder as assessed by an implicit associations test” [Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry 55 (June 2017) 106–112]

    Article • Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, July 2018, Elsevier

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  63. Heraclitus’ River and Recent Advances in Criminal Psychology

    Article • European Psychologist, April 2018, Hogrefe Publishing Group

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  64. Primer on the Contribution of Crime Scene Behavior to the Forensic Assessment of Sexual Offenders

    Article • European Psychologist, April 2018, Hogrefe Publishing Group

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  65. The role of intonation for interrogative suggestibility

    Article • Applied Cognitive Psychology, January 2018, Wiley

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  66. Methodische Herausforderungen in der Evaluation von Straftäterbehandlungsprogrammen

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  67. Implicit aggressiveness in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder as assessed by an Implicit Association Test

    Article • Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, June 2017, Elsevier

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  68. Male Sexual Interest In and Offending Against Children: The Abused-Abuser Hypothesis

    Article • Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice, March 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  69. Toward a Theoretical Understanding of Sexual Orientation and Sexual Motivation

    Article • Archives of Sexual Behavior, October 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  70. Development of a Cued Pro- and Antisaccade Paradigm: An Indirect Measure to Explore Automatic Components of Sexual Interest

    Article • Archives of Sexual Behavior, October 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  71. Reflective and Impulsive Determinants of Human Behavior

    Article • September 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  72. On the comprehensibility and perceived privacy protection of indirect questioning techniques

    Article • Behavior Research Methods, September 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  73. A Meta-Analysis of Viewing Time Measures of Sexual Interest in Children

    Article • Archives of Sexual Behavior, August 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  74. Risk Factors for Sexual Offending in Men Working With Children: A Community-Based Survey

    Article • Archives of Sexual Behavior, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  75. Validity of content-based techniques to distinguish true and fabricated statements: A meta-analysis.

    Article • Law and Human Behavior, January 2016, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  76. Correction: Are Sex Drive and Hypersexuality Associated with Pedophilic Interest and Child Sexual Abuse in a Male Community Sample?

    Article • PLOS One, September 2015, PLOS

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  77. Response: Commentary “The sexualized-body-inversion hypothesis revisited: Valid indicator of sexual objectification or methodological artifact?”

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, September 2015, Frontiers

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  78. How Common is Men's Self-Reported Sexual Interest in Prepubescent Children?

    Article • The Journal of Sex Research, August 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  79. Are Sex Drive and Hypersexuality Associated with Pedophilic Interest and Child Sexual Abuse in a Male Community Sample?

    Article • PLOS One, July 2015, PLOS

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  80. Ego Depletion Moderates the Influence of Automatic and Controlled Precursors of Reactive Aggression

    Article • Social Psychology, May 2015, Hogrefe Publishing Group

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  81. Stigma-Related Stress and Its Correlates Among Men with Pedophilic Sexual Interests

    Article • Archives of Sexual Behavior, May 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  82. Indirect Measurement of Sexual Orientation: Comparison of the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure, Viewing Time, and Choice Reaction Time Tasks

    Article • Archives of Sexual Behavior, February 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  83. The sexualized-body-inversion hypothesis revisited: Valid indicator of sexual objectification or methodological artifact?

    Article • Cognition, January 2015, Elsevier

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  84. Sexual Disinhibition Under Sexual Arousal: Evidence for Domain Specificity in Men and Women

    Article • Archives of Sexual Behavior, August 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  85. Validation of direct and indirect measures of preference for sexualized violence.

    Article • Psychological Assessment, January 2014, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  86. Pro-criminal attitudes, intervention, and recidivism

    Article • Aggression and Violent Behavior, November 2013, Elsevier

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  87. Interoceptive Awareness, Tension Reduction Expectancies and Self-Reported Drinking Behavior

    Article • Alcohol and Alcoholism, April 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  88. Direct and Indirect Measures of Sexual Maturity Preferences Differentiate Subtypes of Child Sexual Abusers

    Article • Sexual Abuse, March 2013, SAGE Publications

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  89. Exploring the Automatic Undercurrents of Sexual Narcissism: Individual Differences in the Sex-Aggression Link

    Article • Archives of Sexual Behavior, February 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  90. Exploring the Interplay of Trait Self-Control and Ego Depletion: Empirical Evidence for Ironic Effects

    Article • European Journal of Personality, January 2013, Wiley

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  91. Is pedophilic sexual preference continuous? A taxometric analysis based on direct and indirect measures.

    Article • Psychological Assessment, January 2013, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  92. Predictive validity of self‐reported self‐control for different forms of recidivism

    Article • Journal of Criminal Psychology, September 2012, Emerald

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  93. Vicarious Viewing Time: Prolonged Response Latencies for Sexually Attractive Targets as a Function of Task- or Stimulus-Specific Processing

    Article • Archives of Sexual Behavior, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alexander F. Schmidt, Andy Young

  94. Fünf Minuten täglich: Kompass – eine stationäre Kurzintervention für junge Cannabis-/Partydrogen- patienten nach dem „Bonner Modell – Junge Sucht“

    Article • SUCHT - Zeitschrift für Wissenschaft und Praxis / Journal of Addiction Research and Practice, June 2011, Hogrefe Publishing Group

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  95. An inkblot for sexual preference: A semantic variant of the Affect Misattribution Procedure

    Article • Cognition & Emotion, June 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  96. Viewing Time Effects Revisited: Prolonged Response Latencies for Sexually Attractive Targets Under Restricted Task Conditions

    Article • Archives of Sexual Behavior, March 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alexander F. Schmidt, Andy Young

  97. Indirect Measures of Sexual Interest in Child Sex Offenders

    Article • Criminal Justice and Behavior, February 2010, SAGE Publications

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  98. Sind gemeinsame Therapieangebote für Partydrogen- und Cannabiskonsumenten sinnvoll? Ergebnisse zum stationären Behandlungsangebot des »Bonner Modells – Junge Sucht«

    Article • SUCHT - Zeitschrift für Wissenschaft und Praxis / Journal of Addiction Research and Practice, January 2009, Hogrefe Publishing Group

    Alexander F. Schmidt

  99. Wie wirkt Expressives Schreiben? Differenzielle Wirkfaktoren des Schreibens über belastende Lebensereignisse

    Article • Verhaltenstherapie, January 2008, Karger Publishers

    Alexander F. Schmidt