Sexual offenders against children: The influence of personality and obsessionality on cognitive distortions

Sexual Abuse: Journal of Research and Treatment

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 223-240

  Egan, Vincent ^a   Kavanagh, Beth ^b   Blair, Marie ^b  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b East Midlands Centre for Forensic Mental Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Obsessions; Obsessive compulsiveness; Paedophilia; Personality; Sexual offenders

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EROTISM; EXTRAVERSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OFFENDER; PERSONALITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 21544451995     PISSN: 10790632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11194-005-5053-4     Document Type: Article

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