Abstract
A pilot study was conducted in order to construct a Polish adaptation of emotional Stroop test in assessment of pedophilia. The study consisted of two stages. The first stage involved creating test material by ranking words in adequate lists by competent experts. The second stage consisted of empirical verification of the principle of emotional Stroop test in a non-clinical population. Based on the assessment of five competent experts, words were ordered from the most to the least sexually arousing (Kendall's W from 0.368 to 0.693). Six ranked lists were obtained, and the competent experts were subsequently asked to assess whether these lists were suitable for the study (Lawshe's Content Validity Ratio from 0.6 to 1.0). Two categories of words were merged. Five ranked lists were obtained, and the competent experts were subsequently asked again to assess whether these lists were suitable for the study (Lawshe's Content Validity Ratio 1.0). The created lists of words were approved by allcompetent experts. Based on the experimental study conducted on a non-clinical population, it was shown that, in accordance with the principle of the test, the mean response time for sexually related words was longer that for neutral words. The mean response time for children-related words did not differ significantly from response time for neutral words. Based on the study with competent experts and conducted experiments, an initial Polish adaptation of the emotional Stroop test for diagnosis of pedophilia has been created. Further studies with persons with pedophilia are needed to implement the test in clinical setting.
Highlights
The Stroop task is one of the tools used in cognitive psychology
Six ranked lists were obtained, and the competent experts were subsequently asked to assess whether these lists were suitable for the study (Lawshe’s Content Validity Ratio from 0.6 to 1.0)
Five ranked lists were obtained, and the competent experts were subsequently asked again to assess whether these lists were suitable for the study (Lawshe’s Content Validity Ratio 1.0)
Summary
The participant is asked to name as quickly as possible the font colors of the Wojciech Oronowicz-Jaśkowiak, Michał Lew-Starowicz words displayed on the computer screen. It has been repeatedly shown that in the case of incompatibility of the font color and word meaning, response time is significantly longer [1]. Many versions of the modified Stroop test have been presented, which, apart from color names, contained words that could have emotional meaning for certain groups, e.g., alcoholics [2] or persons with depression [3]. The results suggested that persons that had been classified by authors of the study as possibly having an emotional relationship with words referring to specific objects or situations had statistically significant longer response times for naming font colors of such words
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