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022 _a1079-0632
040 _aWSS
_dAFV
100 _aGannon, Theresa A.
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245 _aDo child molesters deliberately fake good on cognitive distortion questionnaires? :
_ban information processing-based investigation
_cGannon, Theresa A.; Polaschek, Devon L. L.
260 _aNew York
_bPlenum Press
_c2005
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520 _aThis journal article reports the findings of a study designed to test the cognitive distortion hypothesis; that child molesters hold offence-supportive beliefs or cognitive distortions that require restructuring for successful rehabilitation and that both untreated and treated child molester's cognitive distortions, as measured by current questionnaires show that these men typically disagree with cognitive distortions. Such findings, especially prior to treatment, are often interpreted to mean that child molesters are faking good. In this study the authors draw on personality-related research showing that when participants intentionally respond in a socially desirable way on questionnaires, they make faster item responses than when answering honestly. Untreated child molesters, treated child molesters, and two types of controls (nonsexual offenders and non-offenders) were administered a computerized cognitive distortion questionnaire and their responses and response times were recorded. Consistent with previous research, all groups tended to disagree with the cognitive distortions. However, response time data were surprising; only the treated child molesters displayed the fake-good pattern of responding significantly faster in rejecting cognitive distortions. The authors speculate about the implications of these results for the cognitive distortion hypothesis, and for understanding how current treatment programs effect cognitive distortion change.
650 2 7 _aPSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS
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650 2 7 _2FVC
_aSEX OFFENDERS
_9528
650 2 7 _aTREATMENT
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651 4 _aNEW ZEALAND
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_aCHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
650 2 4 _aSEXUAL VIOLENCE
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700 1 _aPolaschek, Devon L. L.
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500 _aSexual Abuse : A Journal of Research and Treatment 17(2) April 2005 : 183-200
773 0 _tSexual Abuse : A Journal of Research and Treatment 17(2) April 2005 : 183-200
856 4 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/107906320501700208
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