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The Implicit Sense of Agency: A Decontextualized Indirect Measure of the Sense of Agency Free of Social Desirability

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The sense of agency (SoA) refers to the feeling of initiating and controlling one’s actions. SoA is thought to play an important role in a number of mental illnesses. SoA can be assessed with both explicit (self-report) and implicit (perceptual judgment) measures. However, existing measures tap only specific aspects of the SoA (e.g., temporal binding). To date, there is lack of general (decontextualized) measure of implicit SoA. The aim of the present research was to develop a new decontextualized measure of implicit SoA, based on a reaction time interference paradigm (a variant of the semantic Simon task). An examination of its relation with a decontextualized explicit measure of the SoA provided evidence for its convergent and discriminant validity. In Study 1 (N = 115 French citizens), there was a significant modest correlation between the direct and indirect measures of the SoA. In Study 2 (N = 101 British citizens), this finding was replicated in an English-speaking sample. Moreover, it was found that the indirect, but not the direct, measure of the SoA was free of social desirability bias. These findings suggest that the decontextualized direct and indirect measures of the SoA used in the present work assess the same latent underlying construct. The indirect measure may be a useful tool to assess the SoA whenever social desirability is a concern.

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Psychologie
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hal-03921848 , version 1 (04-01-2023)

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Armand Chatard, Adrien Tedesco, Sandrine Belier, Olivier Fronty, Ghina Harika-Germaneau. The Implicit Sense of Agency: A Decontextualized Indirect Measure of the Sense of Agency Free of Social Desirability. Psychology Journal: Research Open, 2022, 4 (4), pp.1-9. ⟨10.31038/PSYJ.2022442⟩. ⟨hal-03921848⟩
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