title: Predicting aggressive behavior with the aggressiveness-IAT.
abstract: The Implicit Association Test (IAT, Greenwald, McGhee, & Schwartz, 1998) was adapted to assess the automatically activated (implicit) self-concept of aggressiveness. In three studies the validity of the Aggressiveness-IAT (Agg-IAT) was supported by substantial correlations with self-report measures of aggressiveness. After controlling for self-report measures of aggressiveness, the Agg-IAT accounted for 9-15% of the variance of three different indicators of aggressive behavior across three studies. To further explore the nomological network around the Agg-IAT we investigated its correlations with measures of social desirability (SD). Although not fully conclusive, the results across four studies provided some support for a weak negative correlation between impression management SD and aggressive behavior as well as the Agg-IAT. This result is in line with an interpersonally oriented self-control account of impression management SD. Individuals with high SD scores seem to behave less aggressively, and to show lower Agg-IAT scores. The one-week stability of the Agg-IAT was r = .58 in Study 4. Aggr. Behav. 41:65-83 2015. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
authors.affiliation: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Banse
authors.affiliation: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Messer
authors.affiliation: Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Ilka
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012649:Self Concept; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: IAT; aggression; aggressive behavior; aggressiveness; behavior prediction; implicit association test; social desirability