The Voodoo Doll Self-Injury Task: A New Measure of Sub-Clinical Self-Harm Tendencies

Chester, David S.; Whitt, Zachary T.; Davis, Tchiki S.; DeWall, C. Nathan

doi:10.1521/jscp.2017.36.7.554

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“…We predicted that schizotypy and two tetrad variables would make independent contributions to aggression outcomes. Previous behavioral research supports those predictions for psychopathy (Jones & Paulhus, 2010) and sadism (Buckels et al, 2013;Chester et al, 2017). Our novel prediction for schizotypy is based on the literature reviewed above.…”

Section: Study 2: Prediction Of Self-report and Behavioral Aggressionsupporting

confidence: 74%

Dark or disturbed?: Predicting aggression from the Dark Tetrad and schizotypy

Paulhus

Gupta

Jones

2021

Aggressive Behavior

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Research on the personality foundations of aggression typically implicates either (a) aspects of the so-called "Dark Tetrad" or (b) severe mental disturbance (psychosis).The appearance of psychotic symptoms in general populations is termed schizotypy.We conducted two studies to compare the effects of dark personalities and schizotypy on aggression. Study 1 used standard inventories to investigate the overlap of Dark Tetrad traits with schizotypy in a sample of 977 undergraduates. All tetrad traits except narcissism were positively associated with schizotypy, but only at moderate levels. Study 2 administered the same personality battery to 303 members of an online community sample: Aggression outcomes were measured with both self-reports and a behavioral measure-the Voodoo Doll Task. Regression analyses determined the unique contributions of the five personality variables. Two dark traits-psychopathy and sadism-were strong predictors of self-report aggression.

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Section: Study 2: Prediction Of Self-report and Behavioral Aggressionsupporting

confidence: 74%

Dark or disturbed?: Predicting aggression from the Dark Tetrad and schizotypy

Paulhus

Gupta

Jones

2021

Aggressive Behavior

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“…The voodoo doll self-harm task typically results in a zero-inflated, positively skewed distribution (Chester et al, 2017). A Kolmogorov–Smirnov test revealed that the distribution in the current study was positively skewed, k (298) = .31, p < .001.…”

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“…To assess postresponse self-harm, we used the voodoo doll self-injury task (Chester et al, 2017). Participants saw an image of a voodoo doll (see Figure 6) and were told “This doll represents you.…”

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“…Please take a moment to look at the doll and imagine it as yourself.” They were then told that in a few moments they would choose how many pins to stab into the doll representing them, from 0–51 pins. Following the procedure of Chester et al (2017), participants then saw a picture of the voodoo doll with pins stabbed into it, providing a vivid image of what the doll looked like with the pins stabbed in, and were told “here is the doll that represents you with the maximum of 51 pins stabbed into it.” They then indicated on a slider bar (from 0–51) how many pins they wished “to stab into the doll that represents you.” This measure has been validated as a measure of state and trait levels of self-harm tendencies, correlating with established risk factors for self-harm (e.g., depression, history of self-injury), and showing sensitivity to experimental manipulations that increase self-harm (Chester et al, 2017).…”

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Rehumanizing the self after victimization: The roles of forgiveness versus revenge.

Schumann

Walton²

2022

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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Everyday maltreatments can threaten people's basic sense of being human. Can victims restore their sense of humanness after it has been damaged by an offense and, if so, how? Four studies compared forgiving and taking revenge as responses to victimization. In Study 1, participants recalled a time they either forgave or took revenge against someone who had hurt them. In Studies 2 and 3, they imagined being victimized by a coworker and then either forgiving or taking revenge against him. In Study 4, they wrote either a forgiving or a vengeful letter to a transgressor who had committed an offense against them. Each methodology revealed that, compared with revenge, forgiveness was more effective at rehumanizing the self; indeed, forgiveness produced feelings of humanness that nearly exceeded levels experienced by nonvictimized participants (Study 3). Studies 3 and 4 also provided evidence that perceiving 1's forgiveness as moral contributes to a restored sense of humanness. Study 4 further revealed important downstream predictive consequences of a restored sense of self-humanity following forgiveness-less self-harm, a greater sense of belonging to the human community, and greater importance of one's moral identity. Extending past research on the benefits of forgiveness, this work highlights the agency that victims have to repair their humanness in the wake of a dehumanizing offense.

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“…Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Assessment Tool. The 6-item NSSIAT measures state-level desires to engage in self-harm (Chester, Whitt, Davis, & DeWall, 2017).…”

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Validating a Standardized Approach to the Taylor Aggression Paradigm

Chester

Lasko

2018

Social Psychological and Personality Science

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The Taylor Aggression Paradigm (TAP) is a frequently used laboratory measure of aggression. However, the flexibility inherent in its implementation and analysis can undermine its validity. To test whether the TAP is a valid aggression measure irrespective of this flexibility, we conducted two preregistered studies (Study 1 n = 177, Study 2 n = 167) of a standardized version of the TAP. Across both studies, TAP scores showed agreement with other laboratory aggression measures, were magnified by an experimental provocation manipulation, and were associated with traits typically linked to aggressive behavior. Mixed evidence was found for the external and discriminant validity of the task. Individual responses largely loaded onto a single component, suggesting that the aggregate scoring approach accurately represents the underlying data structure. These results provide preliminary support for the internal validity of this TAP approach and highlight the utility of preregistration in psychometric research.

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The Voodoo Doll Self-Injury Task: A New Measure of Sub-Clinical Self-Harm Tendencies

Cited by 4 publications

References 34 publications

Dark or disturbed?: Predicting aggression from the Dark Tetrad and schizotypy

Dark or disturbed?: Predicting aggression from the Dark Tetrad and schizotypy

Rehumanizing the self after victimization: The roles of forgiveness versus revenge.

Validating a Standardized Approach to the Taylor Aggression Paradigm

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