Table 2 Prevalence of practically relevant 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

8 (7.8%)*

0 (0.0%)*

6 (11.8%)

6 (26.1%)

11 (10.8%)*

0 (0.0%)*

8 (15.7%)

4 (17.4%)

Fetishistic transvestism

2 (2.0%)

0 (0.0%)

4 (7.8%)

1 (4.3%)

1 (1.0%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (2.0%)

1 (4.3%)

Exhibitionism

1 (1.0%)

2 (4.3%)

1 (2.0%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (1.0%)

0 (0.0%)

2 (3.9%)

0 (0.0%)

Voyeurism

17 (16.7%)

5 (10.6%)

14 (27.5%)

6 (26.1%)

12 (11.8%)

3 (6.4%)

9 (17.6%)

3 (13.0%)

Pedophilia with female victims

3 (2.9%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (2.0%)

0 (0.0%)

2 (2.0%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (2.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Pedophilia with male victims

2 (2.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

1 (1.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

Masochism

49 (48.0%)*

15 (31.9%)

11 (21.6%)

4 (17.4%)

34 (33.3%)

12 (25.5%)

10 (19.6%)

1 (4.3%)

Sadism

21 (20.6%)

5 (10.6%)

12 (23.5%)

4 (17.4%)

14 (13.7%)

4 (8.5%)

12 (23.5%)*

1 (4.3%)

Frotteurism

2 (2.0%)

2 (4.3%)

1 (2.0%)

2 (8.7%)

1 (1.0%)

1 (2.1%)

1 (2.0%)

0 (0.00%)

Rape

1 (1.0%)

1 (2.10%)

5 (9.8%)

1 (4.3%)

1 (1.0%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (4.3%)

1 (4.35%)

Any paraphilia

59 (57.8%)**

17 (35.4%)

31 (60.8%)

12 (52.2%)

45 (44.1%)*

13 (27.1%)

23 (45.1%)

7 (30.4%)

  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.