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  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Personality Psychology

Background:

  • The Implicit Association Test (IAT) is a tool to measure automatic associations.
  • Assessing the implicit self-concept of aggressiveness is important for understanding aggressive behavior.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To adapt the IAT to measure implicit aggressiveness (Agg-IAT).
  • To validate the Agg-IAT against self-report measures and behavioral indicators.
  • To explore the relationship between the Agg-IAT, aggressive behavior, and social desirability.

Main Methods:

  • Adaptation of the Implicit Association Test to create the Aggressiveness-IAT (Agg-IAT).
  • Correlational analyses between Agg-IAT scores, self-report aggressiveness, and measures of aggressive behavior across three studies.
  • Investigation of correlations with social desirability measures in four studies.
  • Assessment of the one-week test-retest stability of the Agg-IAT.

Main Results:

  • The Agg-IAT demonstrated substantial validity, correlating significantly with self-report measures of aggressiveness.
  • The Agg-IAT explained 9-15% of the variance in aggressive behavior, controlling for self-reported aggressiveness.
  • A weak negative correlation was observed between impression management social desirability and both aggressive behavior and Agg-IAT scores.
  • The Agg-IAT exhibited good one-week test-retest stability (r = .58).

Conclusions:

  • The Aggressiveness-IAT is a valid and reliable measure of implicit aggressiveness.
  • Implicit aggressiveness, as measured by the Agg-IAT, contributes to predicting aggressive behavior.
  • Findings suggest a potential link between high social desirability and lower implicit aggressiveness and aggressive behavior.