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Cognitive Distortion and Problem Behaviors in Adolescents

ALVARO Q. BARRIGA

Seton Hill College

JENNIFER R. LANDAU

The Ohio State University

BOBBY L. STINSON, II

Twin Valley Psychiatric System

ALBERT K. LIAU

The Ohio State University

JOHN C. GIBBS

The Ohio State University

The authors investigated the prevalence of self-serving and self-debasing cognitive distortions and their specific relations to externalizing and internalizing problem behaviors in 96 incarcerated male and female delinquents and a comparison sample of 66 high school students. The incarcerated participants evidenced higher levels of cognitive distortion (self-serving and self-debasing) and problem behavior (externalizing and internalizing) than did comparison participants. Both self-serving and self-debasing cognitive distortions were associated with unique variance in overall problem behaviors. Most notably, self-serving cognitive distortions specifically related to externalizing behaviors, whereas self-debasing cognitive distortions specifically related to internalizing behaviors. The theoretical and treatment implications of the findings are discussed.

Criminal Justice and Behavior, Vol. 27, No. 1, 36-56 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/0093854800027001003
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