TY - JOUR
T1 - Inmate thinking patterns
T2 - An empirical investigation
AU - Mandracchia, Jon T.
AU - Morgan, Robert D.
AU - Garos, Sheila
AU - Garland, J. Travis
PY - 2007/8
Y1 - 2007/8
N2 - This study investigated patterns of maladaptive thinking in 435 offenders and sought to develop and preliminarily validate a measure of criminal thinking patterns. An exploratory factor analysis of 77 thinking errors derived from four theories of cognitive distortions that influence behavior yielded a three-factor model of dysfunctional thinking among offenders. Interpretations of these three factors were provided (i.e., Control, Cognitive Immaturity, and Egocentrism). Implications for treatment and future research with offenders, using the conceptualization of erroneous thinking posited by the three-factor model, are discussed.
AB - This study investigated patterns of maladaptive thinking in 435 offenders and sought to develop and preliminarily validate a measure of criminal thinking patterns. An exploratory factor analysis of 77 thinking errors derived from four theories of cognitive distortions that influence behavior yielded a three-factor model of dysfunctional thinking among offenders. Interpretations of these three factors were provided (i.e., Control, Cognitive Immaturity, and Egocentrism). Implications for treatment and future research with offenders, using the conceptualization of erroneous thinking posited by the three-factor model, are discussed.
KW - Cognitive distortions
KW - Criminal attitudes
KW - Criminal thinking
KW - Dysfunctional thinking
KW - Inmate thinking
KW - PICTS
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34547197294&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0093854807301788
DO - 10.1177/0093854807301788
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34547197294
SN - 0093-8548
VL - 34
SP - 1029
EP - 1043
JO - Criminal Justice and Behavior
JF - Criminal Justice and Behavior
IS - 8
ER -