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Autor/inn/en | Gavin, Amanda; Roche, Bryan; Ruiz, Maria R.; Hogan, Maria; O'Reilly, Anthony |
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Titel | A Behavior Analytically Modified Implicit Association Test for Measuring Sexual Categorization of Children |
Quelle | In: Psychological Record, 62 (2012) 1, S.55-68 (14 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0033-2933 |
Schlagwörter | Children; Association Measures; Stimuli; Classification; Comparative Analysis; Task Analysis; Gender Differences; Vocabulary; Adults; Diagnostic Tests; Crime; Sexual Abuse |
Abstract | The current study assessed the sexual categorization of children among a random sample of adults from the general population. Twenty-seven males and 27 females (N = 54) were exposed to a categorization task that assessed their ability to discriminate adult- from child-related words and sexual from non-sexual words. Then, in a modified Implicit Association Test they were required to respond with a particular key press to individual child- and adult-related stimuli paired with either sexual or nonsexual stimuli. In another block of testing the pairs of stimuli requiring a common key response were juxtaposed. There was more effective acquisition of common response functions for child/nonsexual than for child/sexual stimulus pairs for all participants combined. This effect was also observed for female participants separately but not for males. These findings support the utility of behavior-analytic variations of the Implicit Association Test but raise important considerations regarding their use as forensic and diagnostic tools. (Contains 4 figures and 1 table.) (As Provided). |
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Update | 2017/4/10 |