Study on “legal pathways and alternatives”

Psychologist and criminologist Franziska Mathäus is studying legal psychology at the University of Bonn. She is asking for help with her master's thesis. The aim is to gain insight into how people with pedophilic tendencies use various means and content as sexually arousing stimuli, from legal to illegal, and how they classify this morally, among other things. To this end, an anonymous online survey is being conducted (see link below), which has already been linked on various other platforms, and I am following suit today. The title: Legal pathways and alternatives for Minor Attracted Persons (MAPs): Dealing with sexual needs and the influence of personality.

The usual evidence of the authenticity and background of the survey was provided by Mrs. Mathäus.

This survey is being conducted using the LimeSurvey software. However, according to Mrs. Mathäus, in order to meet the specific requirements of this study (skipping questions, etc.), features of the software had to be used that lead to minor bugs in the user interface. After several users have already mentioned this on other platforms, I looked into it and would like to explain it briefly here to prevent confusion and facilitate participation:

  • As promised, it is possible to skip individual questions. However, the dialog box that appears when you click “Next” to ask you if you actually want to leave some questions unanswered apparently refers to all questions as “required questions.” Nevertheless, there is a button available to continue without answering them. So just don’t let that wording confuse you. If you are unsure, refer the colored notes next to the questions themselves instead.
  • However, if you click on “Next” prematurely, get this dialog and select the other button to make corrections or answer more questions, you will no longer be able to skip anything in that section of the questionnaire.
  • The sliders used in some of the questions must at least be clicked or moved to register an answer.

dialog box and notes

I have discussed this in detail with Mrs. Mathäus, and she is aware of these issues but cannot currently fix them without disproportionate effort. Also, these bugs do not prevent successful participation.

All other relevant information can be found at the survey link:

For questions, comments, and feedback, please contact Franziska Mathäus directly via e-mail: s82fmath@uni-bonn.de oder info@franziska-mathaeus.de.

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