Comparing distorted cognitions among university students and individuals convicted of sexual offences

Dadgardoust, Laleh; Palermo, Alisia M.; Harkins, Leigh; Abracen, Jeffrey; Looman, Jan

doi:10.1080/13552600.2021.2024287

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“…These distortions are associated with perpetration of intimate partner abuse by men (and also by some women; Henning et al, 2005), sexual offending by incarcerated men (Cooke, 2021; D'Urso et al, 2019), and male‐on‐male sexual assault (Cunningham, 2023). However, it is worth noting that not all research supports this link between cognitive distortions and aggression (Dadgardoust et al, 2022).…”

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Cognitive distortions mediate relationships between early maladaptive schemas and aggression in women and men

Huang

Molenberghs²,

Mussap

2023

Aggressive Behavior

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Difficult childhood experiences can lead to the development of early maladaptive schemas (EMS) that cause emotional and behavioral problems later in life. The present study examined the role of cognitive distortions in mediating relationships between EMS and aggression in adults as a function of sex. Participants were 59 women (Mage = 34.7 years, standard deviation [SD] = 8.0) and 86 men (Mage = 39.3 years, SD = 13.2) who completed the Young Schema Questionnaire—Short Form‐V3, the How I Think Questionnaire of cognitive distortions, and the Buss–Warren Aggression Questionnaire. Multiple mediation analysis identified EMS domain impaired limits to be uniquely and directly related to aggression, and the domain impaired autonomy to be indirectly related via a range of cognitive distortions. Multigroup analyses revealed no sex differences in these relationships, and analysis of covariance with age as a covariate revealed no sex differences in levels of EMS, cognitive distortion, or aggression. The results suggest that impaired limits and impaired autonomy are EMS domains of relevance to aggression regardless of sex. Furthermore, in the case of impaired autonomy, self‐serving, proaggression cognitive distortions appear to be involved. Interventions for aggression may thus benefit by focusing on clients with entitlement/grandiosity traits indicative of impaired limits, and vulnerability/dependence traits indicative of impaired autonomy, and in the latter case consider addressing the self‐serving cognitions that enable the expression of aggression in these clients.

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Cognitive distortions mediate relationships between early maladaptive schemas and aggression in women and men

Huang

Molenberghs²,

Mussap

2023

Aggressive Behavior

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Validating the French RAPE Scale in Incarcerated Sex Offenders and Men and Women from the Community

Trottier,

Vanderstukken,

Pham

et al. 2024

Victims & Offenders

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A comparative network analysis of the criminogenic needs of male emerging adult first-time offenders, repeated offenders, and university students

Tang,

Leung,

Chan

et al. 2024

Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology

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We compared facets of criminogenic needs between male young offenders and university students in Hong Kong and assessed the interrelationships between criminogenic needs across the samples using network analysis. The participants, aged between 18 and 23 years old, were 183 incarcerated first-time offenders (age = 19.6 years), 214 incarcerated repeated offenders (age = 19.8 years), and 113 university students (age = 19.6 years). The results show that incarcerated emerging adults had significantly greater criminogenic needs as compared with university students, while no difference between first-time and repeated offenders was found. Gang membership did not have main or moderating effects on criminogenic needs. Regularized Graphical Gaussian Models revealed that the criminogenic needs were clustered comparably across the three groups, while the network comparison test showed that the first-time and repeated-offender networks had significant structure invariance compared with the non-offender network. Differences in highly central nodes in terms of expected influence and bridge expected influence between networks were revealed.

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Comparing distorted cognitions among university students and individuals convicted of sexual offences

Cited by 3 publications

References 62 publications

Cognitive distortions mediate relationships between early maladaptive schemas and aggression in women and men

Cognitive distortions mediate relationships between early maladaptive schemas and aggression in women and men

Validating the French RAPE Scale in Incarcerated Sex Offenders and Men and Women from the Community

A comparative network analysis of the criminogenic needs of male emerging adult first-time offenders, repeated offenders, and university students

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