Sexual offenders' cognitive distortions as implicit theories

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 491-507

  Ward, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive distortions; Implicit theories; Sexual offender

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL CRIME; STRESS; VICTIM;

EID: 0033867120     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-1789(98)00036-6     Document Type: Review

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