Sexual Coping, General Coping and Cognitive Distortions in Incarcerated Rapists and Child Molesters

Autor/inn/en	Feelgood, Steven; Cortoni, Franca; Thompson, Anthony
Titel	Sexual Coping, General Coping and Cognitive Distortions in Incarcerated Rapists and Child Molesters
Quelle	In: Journal of Sexual Aggression, 11 (2005) 2, S.157-170 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1355-2600
Schlagwörter	Sexual Abuse; Coping; Effect Size; Child Abuse; Institutionalized Persons; Rape; Violence; Comparative Analysis; Scores; Correlation; Etiology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sexueller Missbrauch; Bewältigung; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Sexuelle Gewalt; Vergewaltigung; Gewalt; Korrelation; Ätiologie
Abstract	Sexual coping, general coping and cognitive distortions were investigated in 25 rapists, 36 child molesters and 25 violent offenders. Rapists did not report more support for rape-supportive distortions than the violent offender comparison group. Child molesters scored higher than the other groups on the measure of molestation-supportive distortions, although mean scores were at the low end of the scale. Consistent with previous research, all offender groups reported ineffective coping styles and child molesters reported using more emotion-oriented coping than the non-sexual offenders. Child molesters but not rapists scored higher than violent offenders on deviant aspects of sexual coping, although mean scores were at the low end of the sub-scales. Evaluation of these comparisons was aided by effect sizes. The effect sizes reveal that there may indeed be differences between rapists and the comparison group with respect to cognitive distortions and sexual coping. Modest correlations were found between deviant sexual coping and cognitive distortions. The findings are interpreted in terms of etiological development and the sexual offence process. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10