McPhail, I. V., Hermann, C. A., & Fernandez, Y. M. (2014). Correlates of emotional congruence with children in sexual offenders against children: A test of theoretical models in an incarcerated sample.
Child Abuse & Neglect, 38(2), 336-346.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0145213413002895
"Consistent with this model, certain theoretical work indicates that poor childhood attachments may contribute to emotional loneliness and chronic blockage from peer and intimate relationships. Marshall (1993) and Ward, Hudson, Marshall, and Seigert (1995) suggest that poor quality attachments in childhood leave a male ill-equipped, throughout his life, to develop relationships with his peers and relate easily to others, thus resulting in alienation from others and unmet intimacy needs even though the male desires intimacy (McPhail, Hermann, & Fernandez, 2014)."