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Clarifying methodological and assessment issues is fundamental to the further development of cognitive-behavioral approaches. The present work examines potential method confounds in several cognitive assessment techniques (e.g., self-statement inventories, postperformance videotape reconstruction) in light of social psychological research on objective self-awareness. On the basis of this analysis, a conceptual framework is proposed to organize research on the assessment of clinical cognition.
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Schwartz, R.M., Garamoni, G.L. Cognitive assessment: A multibehavior-multimethod-multiperspective approach. J Psychopathol Behav Assess 8, 185–197 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00959831
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