Table 1 Prevalence of paraphilic fantasies and behaviors in the ADHD- and Non-ADHD group separated by gender.

From: Paraphilic fantasies and behavior in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and their association with hypersexuality

Paraphilias

Paraphilic fantasies

Paraphilic behaviors

Women

Men

Women

Men

ADHD N = 102

Non-ADHD N = 47

ADHD N = 51

Non-ADHD N = 23

ADHD N = 102

Non-ADHD N = 47

ADHD N = 51

Non-ADHD N = 23

Fetishism

29 (28.4%)

9 (19.1%)

25 (49.0%)

11 (47.8%)

38 (37.3%)

15 (31.9%)

26 (51.0%)

10 (43.5%)

Fetishistic transvestism

8 (7.8%)

5 (10.6%)

9 (17.6%)

5 (21.7%)

9 (8.8%)

5 (10.6%)

6 (11.8%)

4 (17.4%)

Exhibitionism

6 (5.9%)

7 (14.9%)

3 (5.9%)

1 (4.3%)

6 (5.9%)

4 (8.5%)

4 (7.8%)

0 (0.00%)

Voyeurism

43 (42.2%)

16 (34.0%)

34 (66.7%)

13 (56.5%)

35 (34.3%)

11 (23.4%)

23 (45.1%)

12 (52.2%)

Pedophilia with female victims

5 (4.9%)

4 (8.5%)

6 (11.8%)

1 (4.3%)

3 (2.9%)

4 (8.5%)

2 (3.9%)

0 (0.0%)

Pedophilia with male victims

3 (2.9%)

3 (6.4%)

1 (2.0%)

0 (0.0%)

2 (2.0%)

3 (6.4%)

1 (2.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Masochism

67 (65.7%)

31 (66.0%)

21 (41.2%)

10 (43.5%)

68 (66.7%)

33 (70.2%)

25 (49.0%)

12 (52.2%)

Sadism

42 (41.2%)

16 (34.0%)

28 (54.9%)

10 (43.5%)

53 (52.0%)

19 (40.4%)

31 (60.8%)

12 (52.2%)

Frotteurism

3 (2.9%)

8 (17.0%) **

7 (13.7%)

3 (13.0%)

4 (3.9%)

6 (12.8%) *

7 (13.7%)

4 (17.4%)

Rape

4 (3.9%)

5 (10.6%)

8 (15.7%)

5 (21.7%)

1 (1.0%)

3 (6.4%)

3 (5.9%)

2 (8.7%)

Any paraphilia

77 (75.5%)

36 (75.0%)

43 (84.3%)

20 (87.0%)

77 (75.5%)

35 (72.9%)

42 (82.4%)

19 (82.6%)

  1. ADHD Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.
  2. Chi-square tests comparing frequency of paraphilic fantasies and behaviors between ADHD and non-ADHD participants; **p < 0.01; *p < 0.05.
  3. Statistically significant differences between ADHD and non-ADHD participants are presented in bold.