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Conceptualizing Sex Offender Denial From a Multifaceted Framework: Investigating the Psychometric Qualities of a New Instrument
Author(s) -
Jung Sandy,
Daniels Melissa
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of addictions and offender counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2161-1874
pISSN - 1055-3835
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1874.2012.00001.x
Subject(s) - denial , psychology , discriminant validity , measure (data warehouse) , clinical psychology , psychometrics , convergent validity , test validity , social psychology , psychotherapist , internal consistency , database , computer science
The authors examined the psychometric properties of a clinician‐rated measure of sex offender denial. Convergent and discriminant validity for the measure was supported, and given its relationship to treatment attitudes, the measure demonstrated utility for assessing treatment change and readiness.