Social Network Aggression Task (SNAT)

The Social Network Aggression Task (SNAT) aims to measure behavioral aggression following social feedback, by giving the child an opportunity to respond aggressively in response to different types of feedback provided by unknown peers.

Prior to the lab visit, children filled out a personal profile with questions about their favorite food or sports. They were told that unknown, same-aged peers had judged their profile and had provided feedback on whether they liked their profile (positive feedback, green thumb up), disliked their profile (negative feedback, red thumb down) or did not know whether they liked it or not (neutral feedback, gray circle). Following these peers' feedback, children had to imagine that they could send a noise blast to the peer that judged them by pressing a button. The noise blast would increase in sound as they continued to press the button for a longer duration. Children were instructed to always press the button, but to choose the duration of the button press themselves. A mean noise blast duration and reaction time was computed per feedback condition (positive, neutral, negative).

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  • Early Childhood Cohort

  • ECC - T5
  •   C
    7.0 - 9.0 years   From 2019-02-06 to 2019-10-19

  • Middle Childhood Cohort

  • MCC - T1
  •   C
    7.0 - 9.0 years   From 2015-06-16 to 2016-08-27

  • MCC - T3
  •   C
    9.0 - 11.0 years   From 2017-08-27 to 2018-09-30

  • MCC - T5
  •   C
    11.0 - 13.0 years   From 2019-11-04 to 2021-04-28

  • MCC - T7
  •   C
    14.0 - 15.0 years   From 2023-04-01 to 2023-10-30

    Mode of collection MeasurementsAndTests    Behavioral/cognitive task
    Analysis unit Individual
    Instrument name Social Network Aggression Task (SNAT)
    Measure name Social Network Aggression Task (SNAT)
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