A Biobehavioral Validation of the Taylor Aggression Paradigm in Female Adolescents.

ABSTRACT: This research assessed the behavioral, emotional, endocrinological and autonomic reactivity to the laboratory Taylor Aggression Paradigm (TAP) in a sample of healthy female adolescents. Twenty participants were induced with the TAP to behave aggressively (aggression group) and 20 age-matched participants were not induced to behave aggressively (control group). Regression analysis revealed that the aggression group displayed significant higher levels of aggressive behavior compared to the control group (χ² (2) = 255.50, p < 0.0001). Aggressive behavior was not related to self-reported measures of trait aggression, impulsiveness or psychopathy features. Regarding the biological responses, regression analysis on cortisol, missed the set level of significance (χ² (1) = 3.

SUBMITTER: Rinnewitz L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6504877 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature