Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Sex Abuse. 2013 Apr;25(2):166-88. doi: 10.1177/1079063212453941. Epub 2012 Aug 1.
Although there has been much speculation about the relationship between cognitive distortions and denial/minimization, little research on the subject is available. The authors conducted secondary analyses on existing data sets to further examine the degree of association between various measures of cognitive distortions and denial/minimization among child molesters (Sample 1, n = 73; Sample 2, n = 42; Sample 3, n = 38) and rapists (Sample 1, n = 41; Sample 3, n = 14). Meta-analysis of the findings from Samples 1, 2, and 3 indicated that greater endorsement of cognitive distortions about sex offending in general was significantly associated with greater denial/minimization of one's own guilt and deviance (r = .24), harm to one's own victims (r = .32), one's need for treatment (r = .21), and responsibility for one's sex offenses (r = .16). Although correlated, cognitive distortions and denial/minimization, at least as typically measured, are distinct constructs.
虽然人们对认知扭曲与否认/淡化之间的关系进行了大量推测，但该主题的研究很少。作者对现有数据集进行了二次分析，以进一步研究各种认知扭曲测量指标与性侵犯者（样本 1，n = 73；样本 2，n = 42；样本 3，n = 38）和强奸犯（样本 1，n = 41；样本 3，n = 14）之间的关联程度。样本 1、2 和 3 的分析结果的元分析表明，对性犯罪的认知扭曲的认可程度越高，与对自己的内疚和偏差的否认/淡化（r =.24）、对自己受害者的伤害（r =.32）、对治疗的需求（r =.21）以及对自己性犯罪的责任（r =.16）之间的关联越显著。尽管存在相关性，但认知扭曲和否认/淡化至少在典型的测量中是不同的概念。
