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Using the Implicit Association Test to Assess Children's Implicit Attitudes Toward Smoking
Author(s) -
Andrews Judy A.,
Hampson Sarah E.,
Greenwald Anthony G.,
Gordon Judith,
Widdop Chris
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2010.00663.x
Subject(s) - implicit association test , implicit attitude , psychology , test (biology) , association (psychology) , perception , social psychology , contrast (vision) , association test , addiction , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , reliability (semiconductor) , psychiatry , psychotherapist , paleontology , biochemistry , chemistry , neuroscience , artificial intelligence , computer science , genotype , single nucleotide polymorphism , gene , biology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
The development and psychometric properties of the Implicit Association Test (IAT) measuring implicit attitudes toward smoking among 5 th ‐grade children were described. The IAT with sweets as the contrast category resulted in higher correlations with explicit attitudes than did the IAT with healthy foods as the contrast category. Children with family members who smoked (vs. nonsmoking) and children who were high in sensation seeking (vs. low) had significantly more favorable implicit attitudes toward smoking. Further, implicit attitudes became less favorable after engaging in tobacco‐prevention activities targeting risk perceptions of addiction. The results support the reliability and validity of this version of the IAT and illustrate its usefulness in assessing young children's implicit attitudes toward smoking.