Ellwart Thomas, Rinck Mike, Becker Eni S
Department of Psychology, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany.
Emotion. 2006 Feb;6(1):18-27. doi: 10.1037/1528-3542.6.1.18.
The Implicit Association Test (IAT) was used to investigate automatic fear associations in fear of spiders. Fear associations toward spiders were measured among spider fearful and nonfearful participants (Experiment 1) as well as among nonfearfuls and spider enthusiasts (Experiment 2). It was shown that the IAT is sensitive to personal automatic fear associations and therefore distinguishes between high-fearful, nonfearful, and enthusiastic participants. Moreover, implicit spider associations measured by the IAT predicted avoidance behavior beyond self-reports. The results of Experiment 2 provide additional support for the argument that implicit spider associations are different from general stereotypes or knowledge about spiders.
内隐联想测验（IAT）被用于研究对蜘蛛恐惧中的自动恐惧联想。在蜘蛛恐惧症患者和非恐惧症参与者中（实验1）以及非恐惧症患者和蜘蛛爱好者中（实验2）测量了对蜘蛛的恐惧联想。结果表明，IAT对个人的自动恐惧联想敏感，因此能够区分高度恐惧、无恐惧和热情的参与者。此外，通过IAT测量的内隐蜘蛛联想预测了超出自我报告的回避行为。实验2的结果为内隐蜘蛛联想不同于对蜘蛛的一般刻板印象或知识这一观点提供了额外支持。
