Identifying Cognitive Predictors of Reactive and Proactive Aggression
Identifying Cognitive Predictors of Reactive and Proactive Aggression
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DOI：
10.1002/ab.21573
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发表时间：
2015-01-01
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2.9
通讯作者：
Sack, Alexander T.
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作者：
Brugman, Suzanne;Lobbestael, Jill;Sack, Alexander T.
本研究的目的是确定攻击行为的内隐认知预测因子。具体来说，在非临床样本（N = 90）中，研究了攻击性刺激的注意偏倚和自我与攻击的自动关联对反应性和主动性攻击行为的预测价值。情绪性Stroop任务用于测量注意偏差。通过具体的单目标内隐联想测试，评估了涉及自我的单词（如参与者的名字）和涉及攻击的单词（如战斗）之间的自动联想。采用泰勒攻击范式（TAP）测量被动攻击行为和主动攻击行为。此外，采用反应性主动攻击问卷（RPQ）评估自我报告的攻击行为。结果表明，攻击性词语注意干扰的增加显著预示着反应性攻击的增加，而攻击性词语注意偏差的降低预示着主动性攻击的增加。较强的自我攻击关联导致主动性攻击，而非反应性攻击。攻击性的自我报告并不能额外预测行为攻击。这意味着我们研究中使用的认知测试有可能区分被动攻击和主动攻击。(C) 2014 Wiley期刊公司
The aim of this study was to identify implicit cognitive predictors of aggressive behavior. Specifically, the predictive value of an attentional bias for aggressive stimuli and automatic association of the self and aggression was examined for reactive and proactive aggressive behavior in a non-clinical sample (N = 90). An Emotional Stroop Task was used to measure an attentional bias. With an idiographic Single-Target Implicit Association Test, automatic associations were assessed between words referring to the self (e.g., the participants' name) and words referring to aggression (e.g., fighting). The Taylor Aggression Paradigm (TAP) was used to measure reactive and proactive aggressive behavior. Furthermore, self-reported aggressiveness was assessed with the Reactive Proactive Aggression Questionnaire (RPQ). Results showed that heightened attentional interference for aggressive words significantly predicted more reactive aggression, while lower attentional bias towards aggressive words predicted higher levels of proactive aggression. A stronger self-aggression association resulted in more proactive aggression, but not reactive aggression. Self-reports on aggression did not additionally predict behavioral aggression. This implies that the cognitive tests employed in our study have the potential to discriminate between reactive and proactive aggression. (C) 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.