Table 2.

Professional opinions about working with MAPs, by experience of having had a patient disclose a sexual attraction to children

	Past experience?
Statement	Yes	No	Inferential statistics
I felt/would feel competent dealing with patients with this sexual interesta	3.55 (1.55)	2.64 (1.36)	t(209) = 4.42, p < .001, d = 0.63
Have you ever reported/Would you report a patient with sexual interests in children to another agency?a, b	26 (exp = 46)	103 (exp = 83)	χ2(1) = 36.25, p < .001, φ = 0.42
I would feel comfortable dealing with patients with this sexual interest	3.76 (1.54)	2.80 (1.31)	t(211) = 4.78, p < .001, d = 0.67
I would need support to deal with patients with this sexual interest	4.73 (1.16)	5.30 (0.92)	t(211) = -3.93, p < .001, d = -0.53
I would benefit from more training in how to deal with patients with this sexual interest	4.93 (1.16)	5.27 (0.95)	t(211) = -2.30, p = .023, d = -0.32
I would be willing to work/treat patients with this sexual interest	4.56 (1.20)	4.10 (1.37)	t(196) = 2.37, p = .019, d = 0.36
I would personally be able to treat patients with this sexual interest	3.76 (1.45)	3.03 (1.48)	t(211) = 3.44, p = .001, d = 0.50
I would want to refer patients with this sexual interest to appropriate services	5.14 (0.90)	5.42 (0.89)	t(208) = -2.16, p = .032, d = 0.31
I have appropriate services to refer patients with this sexual interest to	2.74 (1.40)	2.40 (1.33)	t(209) = 1.75, p = .082, d = 0.25

Scores represent mean values, with a range from 1 to 6 with higher scores indicating a higher level of agreement. Standard deviations are presented in parentheses. Effect sizes show how those with experience of patient disclosures scored in comparison to those with no experience

^aWording differed based on past experience of working with disclosures. Those with no experience responded to the hypothetical framing

^bReporting question data refers to the observed number (vs. expected number) of people stating “yes”