by Hui Ngar Kwan, Candy. / Thesis submitted in: October 1998. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 46-52). / ABSTRACT --- p.i / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iii / INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Self-Esteem --- p.2 / Fear of Negative Evaluation --- p.7 / Intimacy and Loneliness --- p.9 / Purpose of Present Research --- p.14 / METHODS --- p.16 / Subjects --- p.16 / Measures --- p.17 / Procedures --- p.21 / RESULTS --- p.23 / Background Information of the Subjects --- p.23 / Self-Esteem as Men --- p.26 / Fear of Negative Evaluation from Women --- p.26 / Intimacy --- p.26 / Loneliness --- p.27 / Correlational Analyses --- p.27 / Qualitative Differences between Sex Offenders and Non-Sex Offenders in Relating to Women --- p.31 / DISCUSSION --- p.37 / Self-Concept of Child Molesters --- p.37 / Heterosexual Relationships of Child Molesters --- p.40 / Implication for Treatment --- p.43 / Limitation of Present Research and Future Directions --- p.44 / REFERENCES --- p.46