{"title":"A note on the problem of response set in measuring cognitive distortions","authors":"R. Langevin","doi":"10.1177/107906329100400404","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"An examination of the Cognitive Distortions Scale (CDS) in 45 sex offenders indicated that, on average, 81% did not endorse the items of the scale. Results suggest that response bias on the CDS is a significant problem that should be addressed before the scale can be used clinically.","PeriodicalId":340989,"journal":{"name":"Annals of sex research","volume":"230 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1991-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"39","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Annals of sex research","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/107906329100400404","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
An examination of the Cognitive Distortions Scale (CDS) in 45 sex offenders indicated that, on average, 81% did not endorse the items of the scale. Results suggest that response bias on the CDS is a significant problem that should be addressed before the scale can be used clinically.