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Description:
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The present study investigated the Anger IAT as a
valid measure of anger . In order to answer this question
the relationship between the Anger IAT and traditional
measures of anger , anxiety , and self esteem were examined
for convergent and divergent validity . It was hypothesized
that the Anger IAT measure would be moderately to highly
correlated with the State Trait Anger Expression Inventory -
2 (STAXI -2 ) , correlated less with the State -Trait Anxiety
Inventory (STAI ) , and correlated least with the Rosenberg
Self Esteem Scale (RSES ) . Additionally , to demonstrate that
the Anger IAT measure reduces a person ? ?s ability to fake
good , social desirability is hypothesized to have a
moderating effect between the Anger IAT and the STAXI -2 . A total of 60 subjects participated in this
investigation , 42 of which were female and 18 were males .
Furthermore , there were 20 Caucasian , 34 Hispanic , and 6
African American participants .
It was found that the Anger IAT was correlated with
several scales of the STAXI -2 . The Anger IAT correlated
less with the STAI and least with the RSES . Furthermore ,
it was found that the Anger IAT measure reduced the
participant ? ?s ability to fake good . |