Proactive vs. Reactive Aggression Within Two Modified Versions of the Taylor Aggression Paradigm.

ABSTRACT: The Taylor Aggression Paradigm (TAP) has been widely used to measure reactive aggression following provocation during competitive interactions. Besides being reactive, aggression can be goal-directed (proactive aggression). Our study presents a novel paradigm to investigate proactive aggression during competitive interactions. Sixty-seven healthy participants competed in two modified versions of the TAP against an ostensible opponent while skin conductance responses (SCRs) were recorded. During the proactive TAP (pTAP), only the participant could interfere with the ostensible opponent's performance by blurring the screen. In the reactive TAP (rTAP), the opponent repeatedly provoked the participant by blurring the screen of the participant, impeding their chance to win. In both versions, th

SUBMITTER: Boccadoro S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8511695 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature