@article{ref1,
title="Self-esteem and coping strategies in child molesters",
journal="Journal of interpersonal violence",
year="1999",
author="Marshall, William L. and Cripps, Emily and Anderson, D. and Cortoni, Franca A.",
volume="14",
number="9",
pages="955-962",
abstract="This study assessed the social self-esteem and the coping styles of child molesters, nonsex offenders, and nonoffenders. Child molesters were found to have lower self-esteem than the other participants, and they more typically made use of emotion-focused (i.e., ineffective) coping strategies. A combination of low self-esteem and poor coping was found to predict being a child molester, although the causal pathway was somewhat obscure and appeared to involve a complex feedback loop. The results are discussed in terms of their theoretical and treatment implications.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0886-2605",
doi="10.1177/088626099014009003",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/088626099014009003"
}