Cognitive distortions in child molesters: theoretical and research developments over the past two decades

Authors:
GANNON Theresa A., WARD Tony, COLLIE Rachel
Journal article citation:
Aggression and Violent Behavior, 12(4), July 2007, pp.402-416.
Publisher:
Elsevier

Cognitive distortions have become an important focus for professionals working with child molesters since the early 1980s. In this paper, the authors describe and discuss both the theoretical and methodological developments of child molester's cognitive distortions that have evolved over the past two decades.  The authors conclude that although theory and research development has been a little slow in this topic, several interesting theoretical and methodological developments have been made in recent years.

Subject terms:
mental health problems, problem solving, sex offenders, child abuse;
Content type:
research
Link:
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ISSN print:
1359-1789

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