Dipl. Psych. Beate Dombert - Universität Regensburg

Research Assistant

Research interests/Projects:	Sexual deviance, especially pedophilia and pedosexual interest MiKADO (funded by the German Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth)
Curriculum Vitae:	2002 – 2008 studied psychology at the University of Regensburg topic of the diploma thesis: Measuring pedophilic sexual interest through the choice reaction time method since 2008 Research assistant at the Department of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the University of Regensburg topic of the ongoing PhD thesis: The assessment of pedophilic sexual interest through attentional methods since 2008 Professional training in cognitive behavior therapy
Scholarships and awards:	2008 – 2010 Doctoral scholarship in the international project on ‘developing a psychodiagnostic test for the assessment of paedophilic sexual interest using attentional methodology’ (responsible leader of research: Professor Pekka Santtila, PhD) funded by the Academy of Finland (# 121232) 2008 Travel grant by ‘The friends of the University of Regensburg’ (conference of the IAFMHS) 2009 Travel grant by ‘The friends of the University of Regensburg’ (conference of LWL) 2009 Young Researcher Award by the Forensic Psychology section of the German Psychological Society (DGPs) 2009 Grant for the Autumn School 2009 on research in forensic populations funded by the Volkswagen Foundation 2009 Grant for the Third Nordic PhD course in Legal and Investigative Psychology funded by the Nordic Network for research on Psychology and Law (NNPL) 2013 Grant for the European Winterschool 2013 on novel insights into antisocial behavior funded by the Volkswagen Stiftung
Publikations:	Dombert, B., Mokros, A., Bäckström, A., Antfolk, J., Zappalà, A., Osterheider, M., & Santtila, P. (2012). Choice reaction time: Assessment of pedophilic interest with an attention-based method [Abstract]. Forensische Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, 19 (Supplement 1), 42. Dombert, B., Mokros, A., Brückner, E., Schlegl, V., Antfolk, J., Bäckström, A., Zappalà, A., Osterheider, M., & Santtila, P. (in press). The Virtual People Set: Developing computer-generated stimuli for the assessment of pedophilic sexual interest. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment. doi:10.1177/1079063212469062 Mokros, A., Butz, M., Dombert, B., Santtila, P., Bäuml, K.-H., & Osterheider, M. (2011). Judgment of age and attractiveness in a paired comparison task: Testing a picture set developed for diagnosing paedophilia. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 16(2), 323-334. doi:10.1348/135532510X514104 Mokros, A., Dombert, B., Osterheider, M., Zappalà, A., & Santtila, P. (2010). Assessment of pedophilic sexual interest with an attentional choice reaction time task. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 39, 1081–1090. doi:10.1007/s10508-009-9530-6 Mokros, A., & Ebmeier, B. (2008). Aufmerksamkeitsbasierte Methoden zur Diagnostik sexueller Präferenzstörungen am Beispiel der Pädophilie [Abstract]. Nervenarzt, 79 (Supplement 4), 314. doi:10.1007/s00115-008-2606-z Poeppl, T. B., Nitschke, J., Dombert, B., Santtila, P., Greenlee, M. W., Osterheider, M., & Mokros, A. (2011). Functional Cortical and Subcortical Abnormalities in Pedophilia: A Combined Study Using a Choice Reaction Time Task and fMRI. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 8(6), 1660–1674. doi:10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02248.x Zappalà, A., Antfolk, J., Bäckström, A., Dombert, B., Mokros, A., & Santtila, P. (2013). Using a Dual-Target Rapid Serial Visual Presentation Task (RSVP) as an Attention-Based Measurement Procedure of Sexual Preference: Is it Possible to Fake? Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 20(1), 73-90. doi:10.1080/13218719.2011.619642 Zappalà, A., Antfolk, J., Bäckström, A., Dombert, B., Mokros, A., & Santtila, P. (in press). Differentiating Sexual Preference in Men Using Dual Target Rapid Serial Visual Presentation Task. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology