Original sentence: A review of qualitative research studies published between 1982 and 2001 suggested that pedophiles use cognitive distortions to meet personal needs, justifying abuse by making excuses, redefining their actions as love and mutuality, and exploiting the power imbalance inherent in all adult-child relationships.According to another author, other cognitive distortions include the idea of "children as sexual beings," "uncontrollability of sexuality," and "sexual entitlement-bias.According to one theorist, pedophiles have impaired interpersonal functioning and elevated passive-aggressiveness, as well as impaired self-concept.Regarding disinhibitory traits, it is also claimed that they demonstrate elevated sociopathy and propensity for cognitive distortions
Edited sentence: A review of qualitative research studies published between 1982 and 2001 revealed that pedophiles use cognitive distortions to meet personal needs.Other cognitive distortions include the idea of "children as sexual beings," "uncontrollability of sexuality," and "sexual entitlement-bias.Pathologic personality traits in pedophiles and lend support to a hypothesis that such pathology is related to both motivation for and failure to inhibit pedophilic behavior.Pedophiles have impaired interpersonal functioning and elevated passive-aggressiveness, as well as impaired self-concept.Regarding disinhibitory traits, pedophiles demonstrate elevated sociopathy and propensity for cognitive distortions.They justify abuse by making excuses, redefining their actions as love and mutuality, and exploiting the power imbalance inherent in all adult-child relationships