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A Preliminary Investigation of a New Pictorial Method of Measuring Aggression-Supportive Cognition Among Young Aggressive Males

Hutchings, Jade N., Gannon, Theresa A., Gilchrist, Elizabeth (2010) A Preliminary Investigation of a New Pictorial Method of Measuring Aggression-Supportive Cognition Among Young Aggressive Males. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 54 (2). pp. 236-249. ISSN 0306-624X. (doi:10.1177/0306624X08325350) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:35106)

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Abstract

A new pictorial assessment was developed to measure aggression-supportive cognitions among young aggressive male students. The assessment was comprised of 17 watercolor ambiguous sketches that could be interpreted in either an aggressive or a benign manner (e.g., two young people facing each other with their arms folded). The results showed that high trait aggressive male students were more likely to make hostile attributions of the pictures, providing significantly more themes of entitlement and power in the stories they generated about the pictures. Aggressive male students also endorsed significantly more aggression-supportive cognitions on a self-report measure and provided some supporting qualitative accounts of physically aggressive encounters. The results of this study are discussed and evaluated with reference to future work with young violent adolescents.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1177/0306624X08325350
Uncontrolled keywords: aggression, implicit theories, pictorial, cognition
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Depositing User: Theresa Gannon
Date Deposited: 05 Sep 2013 12:32 UTC
Last Modified: 05 Nov 2024 10:18 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/35106 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Gannon, Theresa A..

Creator's ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5810-4158
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Gilchrist, Elizabeth.

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