Increasing honest responding on cognitive distortions in child molesters: The bogus pipeline procedure

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 358-375

  Gannon, Theresa A ^a,b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bogus pipeline; Child molester; Cognitive distortion; Questionnaire; Social desirability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINOLOGY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COGNITION; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIE DETECTION; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 33644968186     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260505282887     Document Type: Article

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