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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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306624X08325350 |
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 |
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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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