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

Sexual Abuse: Journal of Research and Treatment

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-22

  Gannon, Theresa A ^a   Keown, Kirsten ^b   Polaschek, Devon L L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bogus pipeline; Cognitive distortion; Impression management; Pedophilia

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947411965     PISSN: 10790632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11194-006-9033-0     Document Type: Article

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