Discriminating among incarcerated sexual offenders by their perception of interpersonal problems and experience-related anxiety

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 93-103

  Eher, Reinhard ^a,b   Fruehwald, Stefan ^a,b   Aigner, Martin ^a,b   Schmidl Mohl, Brigitte ^a,b   Frottier, Patrick ^a,b   Dwyer, Margretta ^c   Gutierrez Lobos, Karin ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Justizanstalt Wien Mittersteig   (Austria)

^c Faculty Emeritus   (United States)

Author keywords

Experience related anxiety; Interpersonal problems; Risk assessment; Sex offenders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 0032863997     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7916(99)00014-2     Document Type: Article

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