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KV-M
Skala zur Erfassung kognitiver Verzerrungen bei Missbrauchern
Short abstract
The KV-M is a translation of the English Molest Scale (Bumby, 1996). It aims to uncover cognitive distortions in the sense of beliefs and attitudes used by paedophile offenders to deny, trivialize and rationalize their delinquent behavior. The scale consists of 38 statements. Reliability: Cronbach's alpha was .96 (abuser), .92 (rapist) and .92 (perpetrator). In another study it was Alpha = .95 (paedophile abusers) and Alpha = .93 (other abusers). Validity: Abusers do not only have the highest values in the Molest Scale, they also correlate with the scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Sex Inventory, the Abel and Becker Cognition Scale and the Child Molest Lie Scale. Also, the values did not correlate with socially desirable response behavior and a reduction of the values could be observed in offenders who participated in a treatment program for sexual delinquents. With the criterion of conviction, the abusers achieved higher values than the rapists or the perpetrators of violence. By screening for paedophilic predispositions, paedophilic subjects achieved a significantly higher average score than the other abusers. The procedure was standardized on several random samples.
Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID). (2019). Open Test Archive: KV-M. Skala zur Erfassung kognitiver Verzerrungen bei Missbrauchern. Available at: https://www.testarchiv.eu/en/test/9006094
Citation
Feelgood, S., Schaefer, G. A. & Hoyer, J. (2009). KV-M. Skala zur Erfassung kognitiver Verzerrungen bei Missbrauchern [Verfahrensdokumentation und Fragebogen]. In Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie (ZPID) (Hrsg.), Open Test Archive. Trier: ZPID.
https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4745
Short information
Short Name KV-M
English Name Bumby Child Molest Scale - German version
Authors Feelgood, S., Schaefer, G.A., Hoyer, J.
Published in Test archive 2009
Copyright/Licence Copyright Authors; CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0
Key words Human Males, Criminal Offenders, Perpetrators, Criminology, Sex Offenses, Sexual Harassment, Prognosis, Pedophilia, Rape
Language versions deu
Application age Adults (male offenders)
Item number 38 items
Subscales None; Cognitive distortions.
Application Time ca. 5 min.
Interpretation time ca. 5 min.
Internal consistency: Cronbach's Alpha = .92-.96.
Findings on convergent, krieterium-related validity; mean differences between paedophilic subjects vs. other abusers (with screening for paedophilic tendencies).
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Applications Research
There is no abstract in English available. Short information about the measure can be found under Overview. More can be found on the German pages.
There is no review in English available. Short information about the measure can be found under Overview. More can be found on the German pages.
First published in
Feelgood, S., Schaefer, G. A. & Hoyer, J. (2008). Deutsche Version der Bumby Child Molest Scale: Skala zur Erfassung kognitiver Verzerrungen bei Missbrauchern. Dresden: Technische Universität Dresden.
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Prof. Dr. Jürgen Hoyer, Professur für Behaviorale Psychotherapie, Institut für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, Technische Universität Dresden, Hohe Straße 53, D-01187 Dresden
Dipl.-Psych. Gerard A. Schaefer, Praxis für Paarberatung und Sexualtherapie, Institut für Sexualpsychologie, Calvinstraße 23, D-10557 Berlin-Tiergarten