Supportive Distortions: An Analysis of Posts on a Pedophile Internet Message Board

✍ Scribed by L. Alvin Malesky Jr.; Liam Ennis

• Book ID: 102870748
• Publisher: American Counseling Association
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 582 KB
• Volume: 24
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1055-3835
• DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-1874.2004.tb00185.x

✦ Synopsis

A covert observation of posts on a pro‐pedophile Internet message board investigated evidence of distorted cognitions that were supportive of sexually abusive behavior. Implications for the treatment and supervision of members of online communities that support pedophilic interests and behaviors are discussed.