Validating Hand Test Acting Out Ratios For Overt and Experimentally Induced Aggression |
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| Authors: | John F. Higdon Stanley L. Brodsky |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Southern Illinois University , USA;2. University of Missouri and Veterans Administration Hospital , Columbia, Missouri, USA;3. University of Alabama , USA |
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| Abstract: | The Hand Test Acting Out Ratio (AOR) was studied with respect to written measures of hostility toward self, task, and experimenter, and was used to test for aggression caused by experimentally induced stress. Wiggin's MMPI Hostility Scale was also compared with the Hand Test AOR. It was found that while the written measure reflected the effects of the experimentally induced stress, the AOR did not; nor did the AOR scores correlate significantly with the content-derived hostility scale. It was concluded that if one wants to find if individuals are angered by frustrating situations, simply asking them is a more effective and accurate method. |
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