TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding criminals' thinking
T2 - Further examination of the measure of offender thinking styles-revised
AU - Mandracchia, Jon T.
AU - Morgan, Robert D.
N1 - Funding Information:
The research contained in this document was coordinated in part by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (Research Agreement No. 535-AR07). The contents of this report reflect the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
PY - 2011/12
Y1 - 2011/12
N2 - The Measure of Offender Thinking Styles (MOTS) was originally developed to examine the structure of dysfunctional thinking exhibited by criminal offenders. In the initial investigation, a three-factor model of criminal thinking was obtained using the MOTS. These factors included dysfunctional thinking characterized as Control, Cognitive Immaturity, and Egocentrism. In the present investigation, the stability of the three-factor model was examined with a confirmatory factor analysis of the revised version of the MOTS (i.e., MOTS-R). In addition, the internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and convergent validity of the MOTS-R were examined. Results indicated that the three-factor model of criminal thinking was supported. In addition, the MOTS-R demonstrated reliability and convergent validity with other measures of criminal thinking and attitudes. Overall, it appears that the MOTS-R may prove to be a valuable tool for use with an offender population, particularly because of the simple, intuitive structure of dysfunctional thinking that it represents.
AB - The Measure of Offender Thinking Styles (MOTS) was originally developed to examine the structure of dysfunctional thinking exhibited by criminal offenders. In the initial investigation, a three-factor model of criminal thinking was obtained using the MOTS. These factors included dysfunctional thinking characterized as Control, Cognitive Immaturity, and Egocentrism. In the present investigation, the stability of the three-factor model was examined with a confirmatory factor analysis of the revised version of the MOTS (i.e., MOTS-R). In addition, the internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and convergent validity of the MOTS-R were examined. Results indicated that the three-factor model of criminal thinking was supported. In addition, the MOTS-R demonstrated reliability and convergent validity with other measures of criminal thinking and attitudes. Overall, it appears that the MOTS-R may prove to be a valuable tool for use with an offender population, particularly because of the simple, intuitive structure of dysfunctional thinking that it represents.
KW - MOTS
KW - Measure of Offender Thinking Styles
KW - criminal thinking
KW - factor analysis
KW - offenders
KW - reliability
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U2 - 10.1177/1073191110377595
DO - 10.1177/1073191110377595
M3 - Article
C2 - 20660469
AN - SCOPUS:82155176215
SN - 1073-1911
VL - 18
SP - 442
EP - 452
JO - Assessment
JF - Assessment
IS - 4
ER -