TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2000//
TI  - Cognitive distortion and problem behaviors in adolescents
JO  - Criminal justice and behavior
A1  - Barriga, Alvaro Q.
A1  - Landau, Jennifer R.
A1  - Stinson, Bobby L.
A1  - Liau, Albert K.
A1  - Gibbs, John C.
SP  - 36
EP  - 56
VL  - 27
IS  - 1
N2  - 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.   Keywords: Juvenile justice<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0093-8548
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854800027001003
ID  - ref1
ER  -