TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Identifying cognitive predictors of reactive and proactive aggression
JO  - Aggressive behavior
A1  - Brugman, Suzanne
A1  - Lobbestael, Jill
A1  - Arntz, Arnoud
A1  - Cima, Maaike
A1  - Schuhmann, Teresa
A1  - Dambacher, Franziska
A1  - Sack, Alexander T.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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). <br><br>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. Aggr. Behav. 9999:XX-XX, 2014. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0096-140X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/AB.21573
ID  - ref1
ER  -