TY - JOUR
T1 - Explicit beliefs about aggression, implicit knowledge structures, and teen dating violence
AU - Jouriles, Ernest N.
AU - Rosenfield, David
AU - McDonald, Renee
AU - Kleinsasser, Anne L.
AU - Dodson, M. Catherine
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention R01 CE001432. E.N.Jouriles(*).D.Rosenfield.R.McDonald. A. L. Kleinsasser.M. C. Dodson Department of Psychology, Southern Methodist University, P.O. Box 750442, Dallas, TX 75275-0442, USA e-mail: ejourile@smu.edu
PY - 2013/7
Y1 - 2013/7
N2 - This study examined whether explicit beliefs justifying aggression and implicit knowledge structures theorized to facilitate aggression both contributed to between-subjects differences in teen dating violence (TDV). In addition, this research examined the contribution of explicit and implicit cognitions in the prediction of within-subjects changes in TDV over a 6-month period. Participants were 147 14- to 17-year-olds (48 % female) recruited from courts and agencies providing services to adolescents in trouble because of antisocial behavior. Teens completed a measure of explicit beliefs justifying aggression, a speeded word-completion task designed to measure aggressive content in implicit knowledge structures, and a measure of TDV. Measures were completed at 3 assessments, spaced 3 months apart. Results indicated that explicit beliefs justifying aggression and implicit knowledge structures theorized to facilitate aggression both contributed independently to between-subjects differences in TDV. However, only explicit beliefs about aggression were associated with within-subjects changes in TDV over the 6-month study period. These findings highlight the importance of considering both explicit and implicit cognitions in attempting to understand the perpetration of TDV.
AB - This study examined whether explicit beliefs justifying aggression and implicit knowledge structures theorized to facilitate aggression both contributed to between-subjects differences in teen dating violence (TDV). In addition, this research examined the contribution of explicit and implicit cognitions in the prediction of within-subjects changes in TDV over a 6-month period. Participants were 147 14- to 17-year-olds (48 % female) recruited from courts and agencies providing services to adolescents in trouble because of antisocial behavior. Teens completed a measure of explicit beliefs justifying aggression, a speeded word-completion task designed to measure aggressive content in implicit knowledge structures, and a measure of TDV. Measures were completed at 3 assessments, spaced 3 months apart. Results indicated that explicit beliefs justifying aggression and implicit knowledge structures theorized to facilitate aggression both contributed independently to between-subjects differences in TDV. However, only explicit beliefs about aggression were associated with within-subjects changes in TDV over the 6-month study period. These findings highlight the importance of considering both explicit and implicit cognitions in attempting to understand the perpetration of TDV.
KW - Attitudes about aggression
KW - Implicit cognition
KW - Knowledge structures
KW - Teen dating violence
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U2 - 10.1007/s10802-013-9717-0
DO - 10.1007/s10802-013-9717-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 23397150
AN - SCOPUS:84879078625
SN - 0091-0627
VL - 41
SP - 789
EP - 799
JO - Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
JF - Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
IS - 5
ER -