Social Perception Deficits, Cognitive Distortions, and Empathy Deficits in Sex Offenders

A Brief Review

Dados Bibliográficos

ID19521237
AutoresEmily Blake (0009-0001-3625-2571, University of Kent), Theresa A Gannon (0000-0002-5810-4158, University of Kent), Theresa Gannon
Ano2008
Volume9
Fascículo1
Páginas34-55
Data de publicação2008-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoTrauma Violence & Abuse (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1524-8380 • E-ISSN: 1552-8324
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1524838007311104
PMID18182630
OpenAlexW2087161149
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas73

This literature review examines the differences between sex offenders and nonoffenders with regard to social perception skills, cognitive distortions, and empathy skills in order to investigate sex offenders' cognition. The literature on cognitive distortions is discussed, with reference to the confusion surrounding its definition, and the debate between cognitive distortions as offense-supportive beliefs or justifications is examined. In terms of social perception, particular reference is made to sex offenders' misinterpretations of women's social cues and the source of this deficit. The authors discuss possibilities for this deficit, including offense-supportive beliefs that are driven by underlying implicit theories or schemata held by offenders. The concept of empathy and its relation to both social perception skills and cognitive distortions is discussed, and the integration of these factors is represented in a new model

Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Empathy · Perception · Poison control · Social cognition · Social cognitive theory · Social perception · Child Abuse and Trauma · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending · Social Psychology