@article{ref1,
title="Offense-related interpretative bias in female child molesters: a preliminary study",
journal="Sexual abuse: a journal of research and treatment",
year="2009",
author="Gannon, Theresa A. and Rose, Mariamne R.",
volume="21",
number="2",
pages="194-207",
abstract="Although female child molesters are hypothesized to hold offense-supportive cognitions that facilitate their sexual offenses, there have been no implicit social-cognitive studies used to investigate this. Using an implicit memory recognition paradigm, it is shown that female child molesters--relative to female offender controls--are more likely to interpret ambiguous information about males in a threatening manner. These results suggest that female child molesters hold a series of beliefs about men's dangerousness and power. The authors discuss these results and explore the possibility that these beliefs about male dangerousness are related to a risk of abusing children.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1079-0632",
doi="10.1177/1079063209332236",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1079063209332236"
}