Cognitive Group Counselling for Sexual Offenders Journal Articles

abstract

• Cognitive group counselling was employed with two populations of sexual offenders against children, one in a psychiatric setting, the other in a correctional institution. Both groups were assessed pre- and post-treatment using a psychometric package, which included the Sexual Myths (SM) subscale of the Sexual Knowledge and Attitude Test (SKAT), the Abel Cognition Scales (child sexual abuse-COG-C; rape-COG-R), the Hostility Towards Women Scale, a 15-point contributing factors list, and self-report measures of motivation and potential for counseling. Significant positive treatment effects were observed in both groups on the SM, COG-C, and COG-R. This is interpreted as indicating that cognitive group counselling can be effective in helping child sexual abusers to reevaluate and remodel their cognitions about their victims and offenses. Further, it is noted that this method can be useful in both psychiatric and correctional facilities.

authors

• Wilson, Robin
• Watson, Robin J
• Stermac, Lana E

status

• published 

publication date

• September 1994

has subject area

• 1602 Criminology (FoR)
• 1701 Psychology (FoR)
• 1801 Law (FoR)
• Criminology (Science Metrix)

published in

• International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology  Journal

keywords

• 44 Human Society
• 4409 Social Work
• 52 Psychology
• 5203 Clinical and Health Psychology
• Behavioral and Social Science
• Mental Health
• Violence Research

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1177/0306624x9403800308

start page

• 259

end page

• 270

volume

• 38

issue

• 3