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Increasing honest responding on cognitive distortions in child molesters: The bogus pipeline procedure

Gannon, Theresa A. (2006) Increasing honest responding on cognitive distortions in child molesters: The bogus pipeline procedure. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 21 (3). pp. 358-375. ISSN 0886-2605. (doi:10.1177/0886260505282887) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:4268)

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Abstract

Professionals conclude that child molesters (CMs) hold offense-supportive beliefs (or cognitive distortions) from CMs' questionnaire responses. Because questionnaires are easily faked, we asked 32 CMs to complete a cognitive distortion scale under standard conditions (Time 1). A week later (Time 2), the same CMs completed the scale again. This time, approximately one half of CMs were attached to a pseudo lie detector (a bogus pipeline), and the rest completed the scale again under standard conditions (controls). At Time 1, CMs showed low cognitive distortion scores, seeming to indicate that they were faking good. At Time 2, bogus pipeline CMs seemed to believe that the apparatus could detect lies. However, this did not encourage more distorted belief disclosure compared with (a) their own previous scores and (b) controls. Furthermore, the bogus pipeline appeared to reduce cognitive distortion endorsements. The results stand in marked contrast to the common view that most CMs hold distorted beliefs.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1177/0886260505282887
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Depositing User: Theresa Gannon
Date Deposited: 09 Jun 2008 11:03 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:42 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/4268 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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