@article{ref1,
title="Self-Serving Cognitive Distortions and Antisocial Behavior Among Adults and Adolescents",
journal="Criminal justice and behavior",
year="2011",
author="Wallinius, Märta and Johansson, Peter and Lardén, Martin and Dernevik, Mats",
volume="38",
number="3",
pages="286-301",
abstract="The reliability and validity of the self-report questionnaire How I Think (HIT), designed to assess self-serving cognitive distortions related to antisocial behavior, was tested among Swedish offender and nonoffender adults and adolescents (N = 364). The results showed self-serving distortions to be more common among offenders and to predict self-reported antisocial behavior when tested among adults. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed, in contrast to earlier findings, that the underlying structure of the HIT was best explained by a three-factor solution with one major cognitive factor, referred to as &quot;criminal mind.&quot; It was concluded that the HIT, after further examination of its structural and divergent validity, could be used as a measure of criminal thinking in adults as well as in adolescents.<p />",
language="",
issn="0093-8548",
doi="10.1177/0093854810396139",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854810396139"
}