According to A. Nicholas Groth, a _____ is a person whose usual sexual interest is in adult partners, but when faced with massive stress he becomes a psychologically younger person and acts out sexually toward children to meet his needs.

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A. Nicholas Groth describes a regressed child molester as someone who acts out sexually towards children when faced with massive stress but would usually have an interest in adult partners. This distinguishes them from fixated child molesters who consistently have a sexual interest in children, hebephiles who have a sexual preference for young adolescents, and pedophiles who have a sexual preference for prepubescent children.