@article{ref1,
title="The voodoo doll task: Introducing and validating a novel method for studying aggressive inclinations",
journal="Aggressive behavior",
year="2013",
author="Dewall, C. Nathan and Finkel, Eli J. and Lambert, Nathaniel M. and Slotter, Erica B. and Bodenhausen, Galen V. and Pond, Richard S. and Renzetti, Claire M. and Fincham, Frank D.",
volume="39",
number="6",
pages="419-439",
abstract="Aggression pervades modern life. To understand the root causes of aggression, researchers have developed several methods to assess aggressive inclinations. The current article introduces a new behavioral method-the voodoo doll task (VDT)-that offers a reliable and valid trait and state measure of aggressive inclinations across settings and relationship contexts. Drawing on theory and research on the law of similarity and magical beliefs (Rozin, Millman, & Nemeroff [1986], Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 50, 703-712), we propose that people transfer characteristics of a person onto a voodoo doll representing that person. As a result, causing harm to a voodoo doll by stabbing it with pins may have important psychological similarities to causing actual harm to the person the voodoo doll represents. Nine methodologically diverse studies (total N = 1,376) showed that the VDT had strong reliability, construct validity, and convergent validity. Discussion centers on the importance of magical beliefs in understanding the causes of aggressive inclinations. Aggr. Behav. 9999:XX-XX, 2013. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0096-140X",
doi="10.1002/ab.21496",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ab.21496"
}