Vahey, Nigel A., Barnes-Holmes, Dermot and Barnes-Holmes, Yvonne (2009) A first test of the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) as a measure of self-esteem: Irish prisoner groups and university students. The Psychological record, 59. pp. 371-388. ISSN 0033-2933
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Abstract
The study examined the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure’s (IRAP)
validity as a computerized response-latency-based measure of implicit self-
esteem. University undergraduates and 2 sets of convicted prisoners partici
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pated. One set of prisoners resided in the main block, and the other in a privi
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leged lower security “open area” of a medium-security Irish prison. The IRAP
required participants to maintain relational responses that were self-positive
on half of the IRAP trials (“Consistent”), and self-negative on the other half
(“Inconsistent”). As predicted, the students and the prisoners in the open area
showed stronger IRAP effects (shorter latencies during consistent vs. inconsis
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tent trials) than the main block prisoners. Additionally, the IRAP’s convergent
validity was supported by its moderate positive correlation with an explicit
self-esteem measure. The findings provide preliminary support for the ana
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lytic utility of the IRAP and suggest future avenues of investigation afforded
by the IRAP’s design.
Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure; IRAP; self-esteem; Irish prisoner groups; university students; |
Academic Unit: | Faculty of Science and Engineering > Psychology |
Item ID: | 4951 |
Depositing User: | Yvonne Barnes-Holmes |
Date Deposited: | 13 May 2014 13:40 |
Journal or Publication Title: | The Psychological record |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
Refereed: | Yes |
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URI: | https://mu.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/4951 |
Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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