Empirical examination of the mechanism of violent behavior: The influence of the implicit attitude toward violence.
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- Arai Takashi
- Principal Investigator
- 東北大学
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- Totaka Haruka
- Research Collaborator
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- Takada Miho
- Research Collaborator
About This Project
- Japan Grant Number
- JP16K17299 (JGN)
- Funding Program
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
- Funding Organization
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Kakenhi Information
- Project/Area Number
- 16K17299
- Research Category
- Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
- Allocation Type
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- Multi-year Fund
- Review Section / Research Field
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- Humanities and Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Psychology > Social psychology
- Research Institution
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- Tohoku University
- Otemon Gakuin University
- Project Period (FY)
- 2016-04-01 〜 2019-03-31
- Project Status
- Completed
- Budget Amount*help
- 2,470,000 Yen (Direct Cost: 1,900,000 Yen Indirect Cost: 570,000 Yen)
Research Abstract
The main purpose of this research project was to clarify the mechanism of occurrence violent behavior from the perspective of the implicit attitude toward violence. Results from a series of studies mainly indicated following. The implicit attitude toward violence predicted reactive violence in the future (study 1). The weaker the implicit association between violence words and unpleasant words, the more violent thoughts and the perceptions of hostility were directed at those who feel anger (study 2). And, as an explicit factor, it was possible that the need for control toward romantic partner involved in occurrence violent behavior toward partner (study 4). On the other hand, in the Voodoo Dall Task used to measure violent behavior, the influence of the implicit attitude toward violence was not found (Study 2, 3). In this regard, it might be necessary to improve the task to more accurately measure violence.
