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dc.contributor.authorMihailides, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorJ. Devilly, Grant
dc.contributor.authorWard, Tony
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:50:04Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:50:04Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.date.modified2010-08-02T07:20:10Z
dc.identifier.issn10790632
dc.identifier.doi10.1023/B:SEBU.0000043327.10168.5b
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/29072
dc.description.abstractThis work develops and tests the semantic-motivation hypothesis of sexual offenders' implicit cognitions. This hypothesis posits that sexual offenders' cognitive distortions emerge at the interface between implicit motivation and cognition. The semantic-motivation hypothesis is used to guide the development of 3 implicit association tests (IATs). These IATs were used to test for the existence of 3 expected child sexual offender implicit cognitive distortions in child sexual offenders ("children as sexual beings," "uncontrollability of sexuality," and "sexual entitlement-bias"). Results showed that child sexual offenders had larger IAT effects than did mainstream offenders and male and female nonoffenders for the "children as sexual beings" and the "uncontrollability of sexuality" implicit theories. Child sexual offenders also had a larger IAT effect than male and female nonoffenders for the "sexual entitlement-bias" implicit theory. Implications for the semantic-motivation hypothesis are discussed.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherPlenum
dc.publisher.placeUSA
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom333
dc.relation.ispartofpageto350
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalSexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment
dc.relation.ispartofvolume16
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.titleImplicit Cognitive Distortions and Sexual Offending
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2004
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorDevilly, Grant J.


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