Mindreading abilities in sexual offenders: An analysis of theory of mind processes

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1612-1624

  Castellino, Nicoletta ^a   Bosco, Francesca M ^a   Marshall, William L ^b   Marshall, Liam E ^b   Veglia, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Rockwood Psychological Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allocentric perspective; Egocentric perspective; First person; Mindreading; Sexual offenders; Theory of mind; Third person; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MINDREADING; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OFFENDER; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RAPE; RECIDIVISM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL CRIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY OF MIND ASSESSMENT SCALE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 80054865856     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2011.08.011     Document Type: Article

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