The present study will test 1) how the two versions of the dangerous world IT are related to attributional biases, i.e. hostile attributional bias and rejection attributional bias; 2) whether both versions of the dangerous world IT are related to…
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Condition
- Other condition
- Personality disorders and disturbances in behaviour
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Health condition
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Outcome measures
Primary outcome
relation between cognitive distortions (outcome of implicit association task)
and hostile and rejection attributional bias. Relation between cognitive
distortions (outcome of implicit association task) and childhood trauma
experiences.
Secondary outcome
Group differences with respect to cognitive distortions.
Background summary
Understanding cognitive processes underlying the initiation, maintenance, and
justification of sexual offending is a vital prerequisite to the understanding
of sexual offending and the development of successful treatment programs.
Cognitive distortions (offence related beliefs that facilitate sexual offences
against children, such as the belief that children want sex with an adult) are
an important factor in the aetiology of child sexual abuse. Cognitive
distortions are hypothesized to cluster together, to form a network of beliefs
that are unified into an underlying schema, referred to as an implicit theory
(IT). Some implicit theories, like *the world is dangerous * have no reference
to a sexual act. An important step in understanding the mechanisms through
which IT*s without specific references to a sexual act become sexualized is to
study how cognitive distortions influence interpretations.
Study objective
The present study will test 1) how the two versions of the dangerous world IT
are related to attributional biases, i.e. hostile attributional bias and
rejection attributional bias; 2) whether both versions of the dangerous world
IT are related to the incidence of childhood trauma*s (physical, emotional and
sexual abuse, physical and emotional neglect, and peer victimization); 3a)
whether child molester score higher on the belief that adults are dangerous and
children are safe as compared to rapists and non offenders; 3b) whether rapists
score higher on the belief that everybody is dangerous as compared to child
molester and non offenders.
Study design
The study has a cross-sectional design. There are two sessions. During the
first session, participants will fill in some questionnaires, and during the
second session, participants will complete a computer task (the implicit
association task).
Study burden and risks
Subjects have no immediate benefit by participating in this study other than
the monetary reward (¤10-15). There are no risks involved in this study. The
only disadvantage is the time it takes to fill in the questionnaires
's Gravendijkwal 230
3015 CE Rotterdam
Nederland
's Gravendijkwal 230
3015 CE Rotterdam
Nederland
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Age
Inclusion criteria
age between 18 and 70 years
male
sufficient comprehension of the Dutch language
experimental groups: child abusers and rapists of adult females
control groups: no offence history or violent behavior
Exclusion criteria
insufficient comprehension of dutch language
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| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| CCMO | NL25844.078.08 |