Ego depletion moderates the influence of automatic and controlled precursors of reactive aggression. A double dissociation.

Autor/inn/en	Schmidt, Alexander F.; Zimmermann, Philipp S.; Banse, Rainer; Imhoff, Roland
Titel	Ego depletion moderates the influence of automatic and controlled precursors of reactive aggression. A double dissociation.
Quelle	In: Social psychology, 46 (2015) 3, S. 132-141Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1864-9335; 2151-2590
DOI	10.1027/1864-9335/a000233
Schlagwörter	Aggressivität; Impulsivität; Psychologie; Reaktionshemmung; Modell; Reflexivität; Selbstkontrolle; Theorie; Studienanfänger
Abstract	From a dual-systems perspective, it has been proposed that predictive validity of whether individuals act out or stifle their reactive aggression will be maximized if (1) automatic and (2) controlled precursors of aggression are assessed and (3) situational boundaries in favor of acting out or restraining oneself are specified. In the present research participants' self-regulatory efforts were experimentally manipulated in an ego depletion paradigm and subsequently, their reactive aggression was measured in the Taylor Aggression Paradigm. Assessing automatic and controlled precursors of reactive aggression via an Implicit Association Test of Aggressiveness (Agg-IAT) and self-report reactive aggressiveness questionnaire, respectively, the authors demonstrated a theoretically expected double dissociation: Reactive aggression of ego depleted individuals was predicted by the implicit measure whereas nondepleted participants' reactive aggression was predicted by their explicit self-reports. The results corroborate the usefulness of both explicit and implicit measures of aggressiveness and point to boundary conditions of these measures' predictive validity. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2016/2