Implicit cognitive distortions and sexual offending

Sexual Abuse: Journal of Research and Treatment

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 333-350

  Mihailides, Stephen ^a   Devilly, Grant J ^b   Ward, Tony ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cognitive distortions; Implicit Association Test; Semantic motivation; Sexual offending

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SEMANTICS; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUALITY; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRIMINOLOGY; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PEDOPHILIA; PERSONALITY TEST; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COGNITION DISORDERS; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PEDOPHILIA; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PRISONERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAPE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; VICTORIA;

EID: 16644388204     PISSN: 10790632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SEBU.0000043327.10168.5b     Document Type: Article

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