Understanding and using the Implicit Association Test: III. Meta-analysis of predictive validity.

Full Abstract

This review of 122 research reports (184 independent samples, 14,900 subjects) found average r = .274 for prediction of behavioral, judgment, and physiological measures by Implicit Association Test (IAT) measures. Parallel explicit (i.e., self-report) measures, available in 156 of these samples (13,068 subjects), also predicted effectively (average r = .361), but with much greater variability of effect size. Predictive validity of self-report was impaired for socially sensitive topics, for which impression management may distort self-report responses. For 32 samples with criterion measures involving Black-White interracial behavior, predictive validity of IAT measures significantly exceeded that of self-report measures. Both IAT and self-report measures displayed incremental validity, with each measure predicting criterion variance beyond that predicted by the other. The more highly IAT and self-report measures were intercorrelated, the greater was the predictive validity of each. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved).

Author information

Author/s: Greenwald, Anthony G (AG); Poehlman, T Andrew (TA); Uhlmann, Eric Luis (EL); Banaji, Mahzarin R (MR);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. agg(-atsign-)u.washington.edu

Grants: MH-01533 (Agency:NIMH NIH HHS) ; MH-41328 (Agency:NIMH NIH HHS) ; MH-57672 (Agency:NIMH NIH HHS)

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Meta-Analysis; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

Journal: Journal of personality and social psychology (J Pers Soc Psychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Jul; vol 97 (issue 1) : pp 17-41

Dates: Created 2009/07/09; Completed 2009/08/14;

PMID: 19586237, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 8/21/2009, IMS Date: )

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