A modified stroop task with sexual offenders: Replication of a study

Journal of Sexual Aggression

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 203-216

  Price, Shelley A ^a   Karl Hanson, R ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC SAFETY CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Automatic processing; Deviant schema; Sex offenders; Stroop

Indexed keywords

EID: 65749118360     PISSN: 13552600     EISSN: 17426545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13552600701785505     Document Type: Article

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