Sexual aggressions and dependence during adolescence. After a brief reminder of the underlying epidemiological and legal context, this article presents an overview of the clinical and psychopathological characteristics of French adolescents who have committed sexual aggressions. The author presents the case of a young sex offender met in the framework of a psychological assessment report. The results provide support for the introduction of several theoretical contributions concerning the role of "sexual" acting-out during adolescence and its connection with dependence. The article concludes with a few remarks concerning the therapeutic implications of this analysis within the field of what is today called the "clinical study of extreme situations".
Adolescence; sexual aggressions; dependence; projective identification; external reality