TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Self-Serving Cognitive Distortions and Antisocial Behavior Among Adults and Adolescents
JO  - Criminal justice and behavior
A1  - Wallinius, Märta
A1  - Johansson, Peter
A1  - Lardén, Martin
A1  - Dernevik, Mats
SP  - 286
EP  - 301
VL  - 38
IS  - 3
N2  - 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 "criminal mind." 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 /> 
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SN  - 0093-8548
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854810396139
ID  - ref1
ER  -