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.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 236-249 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Apr 2008 |
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Keywords
- psychology
- cognition
- young males
- measuring aggression
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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.
In: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 54, No. 2, 01.04.2008, p. 236-249.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - A preliminary investigation of a new pictorial method of measuring aggression: supportive cognition among young aggressive males
AU - Hutchings, Jade N.
AU - Gannon, Theresa A.
AU - Gilchrist, Elizabeth
N1 - <p>Originally published in: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology (2008), 54 (2), pp.236-249.</p>
PY - 2008/4/1
Y1 - 2008/4/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - psychology
KW - cognition
KW - young males
KW - measuring aggression
U2 - 10.1177/0306624X08325350
DO - 10.1177/0306624X08325350
M3 - Article
VL - 54
SP - 236
EP - 249
JO - International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
JF - International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
SN - 0306-624X
IS - 2
ER -