Further evidence for the validity of the Taylor aggression paradigm
Further evidence for the validity of the Taylor aggression paradigm
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DOI：
10.1002/ab.20235
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发表时间：
2008-03-01
影响因子：
2.9
通讯作者：
Parrott, Dominic J.
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作者：
Giancola, Peter R.;Parrott, Dominic J.
本研究的目的是评估泰勒攻击性范式的修订版(TAP)作为直接身体攻击的测量工具的有效性。假设产生于最近关于攻击行为的分类和测量的理论，以及被广泛支持的酒精中毒和性别对攻击的影响。参与者是328名(163名男性和165名女性)21至35岁的健康社交饮酒者，他们完成了自我报告人格问卷，旨在评估一个人的直接身体攻击、言语攻击、特质愤怒和敌意的倾向。在饮用酒精或安慰剂饮料之后，参与者在水龙头上接受测试，在竞争任务中，从虚构的对手那里接受轻微的电击，并对其进行电击。直接身体攻击被操作为对虚拟对手施加的冲击强度(即第一次尝试冲击强度、平均冲击强度、最高冲击比例)。虽然所有的自我报告测量都与三个TAP指数显著相关，但与身体攻击有关的联系最强。此外，身体攻击性的自我报告测量一致地预测，与女性相比，男性在TAP指数上的攻击性水平更高，而相对于清醒的参与者，醉酒参与者的攻击性水平更高。总体而言，这一发现模式为TAP作为衡量男性和女性直接身体攻击的指标的有效性提供了进一步的证据。
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the validity of a modified version of the Taylor Aggression Paradigm (TAP) as a measure of direct physical aggression. Hypotheses were generated from recent theory pertinent to the categorization and measurement of aggressive behavior as well as widely supported effects of alcohol intoxication and gender on aggression. Participants were 328 (163 men and 165 women) healthy social drinkers between 21 and 35 years of age who completed self-report personality inventories designed to assess one's propensity toward direct physical aggression, verbal aggression, trait anger, and hostility. Following the consumption of either an alcohol or a placebo beverage, participants were tested on the TAP, in which mild electric shocks were received from, and administered to, a fictitious opponent during a competitive task. Direct physical aggression was operationalized as the shock intensities (i.e., first trial shock intensity, mean shock intensity, proportion of highest shock) administered to the fictitious opponent. Although all self-report measures were significantly associated with the three TAP indices, the associations involving physical aggression were strongest. In addition, self-report measures of physical aggression consistently predicted higher levels of aggression on the TAP indices in men, compared with women, and in intoxicated, relative to sober, participants. Taken as a whole, this pattern of findings provides further evidence for the validity of the TAP as a measure of direct physical aggression for men and women.