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‘Interesting’ or ‘boring’: Modifying the implicit association task to measure implicit fire interest in an adolescent community sample

Acta psychologica, 2024-06, Vol.246, p.104294-104294, Article 104294 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2024 ;Crown Copyright © 2024. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. ;ISSN: 0001-6918 ;EISSN: 1873-6297 ;DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104294 ;PMID: 38670041

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    ‘Interesting’ or ‘boring’: Modifying the implicit association task to measure implicit fire interest in an adolescent community sample
  • Author: Sambol, Stjepan ; Dadswell, Kara ; Cook, Sarah ; Ball, Michelle
  • Subjects: Adolescent ; Association ; Australia ; Behaviour Disorders & Antisocial Behaviour ; Child ; Female ; Fire interest ; Fire play ; Firesetting ; Firesetting Behavior ; Humans ; Implicit association task ; Male ; Reaction Time - physiology ; Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Is Part Of: Acta psychologica, 2024-06, Vol.246, p.104294-104294, Article 104294
  • Description: The efficacy of explicit measures in assessing fire interest is often compromised by social desirability biases, presenting a challenge for early intervention programs aimed at preventing firesetting behaviour. The current study aimed to validate a novel fire interest Implicit Association Task (IAT), as a more reliable measure of implicit fire interest in adolescents. An Australian community adolescent sample of 85 participants, aged 10–17 (M = 13.65, SD = 1.81), completed a series of questionnaires, and the novel fire interest IAT. Based on self-reports, participants were classified as firelighters (n = 52) or non-firelighters (n = 33). IAT outcomes revealed an inclination towards associating “fire” with “interesting.” Notably, firelighters, compared to non-firelighters, performed significantly quicker during hypothesis-consistent trials of the IAT where fire-images were paired with interesting-words. Moreover, a weak correlation emerged between the speed of responses in these hypothesis-consistent IAT trials and self-reported fire interest. This investigation is one of the few that examined the efficacy of implicit measures of fire interest and is the first to do so using a modified IAT. With continued refinement, the fire interest IAT could be successfully used to assist with early intervention programs aimed at preventing child firesetting behaviour. PsychINFO Code: 3230 •Developed a novel Fire Interest Implicit Association Task for adolescents.•Results show a general, potentially evolutionary human fascination with fire.•Implicit fire interest was partially associated with self-reported interest.•The Fire Interest Implicit Association Task could be a valuable tool for predicting misuse of fire.
  • Publisher: Netherlands: Elsevier B.V
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0001-6918
    EISSN: 1873-6297
    DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104294
    PMID: 38670041
  • Source: MEDLINE
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