Attributions for social failure and adolescent aggression

Guerra, Nancy G.; Huesmann, L. Rowell; Zelli, Arnaldo

doi:10.1002/1098-2337(1993)19:6<421::aid-ab2480190603>3.0.co;2-n

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“…Turning to the results obtained with the Attribution Questionnaire, it was found, as would be predicted by Weiner [1982], that becoming angry in response to task failure was correlated with blaming the partner. Guerra et al [1993], using hypothetical scenarios, also found that an angry response to failure was associated with making external attributions. Individual differences in the perception and interpretation of aversive events and how these relate to anger and aggression has been investigated in children by Dodge and colleagues [see, e.g., Dodge and Crick, 1990], but there has been relatively little similar work with adults.…”

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Angry reactions to failure on a cooperative computer game: The effect of trait hostility, behavioural inhibition, and behavioural activation

Wingrove

Bond

1998

Aggr. Behav.

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This study describes the use of a “cooperative” computer game in which the subject has to follow directions, supposedly sent from a partner, and steer a tank to avoid invisible mines. The tank is lost if it hits a mine or does not reach base within a set time limit. The game was designed so that the majority of trials would be lost. Affective (mood self‐ratings), cognitive (attribution of blame questionnaire), and behavioural (feedback sent to the “partner”) outcomes were assessed. The game significantly increased ratings of discontentedness and anger. Self‐blame for task failure was correlated with the Guilt subscale of the Buss‐Durkee Hostility Inventory (BDHI), and blaming the partner was correlated positively with the Motor Aggression subscale and negatively with the empathy scale of the I7, supporting the notion of hostile attributional bias in adults. The importance of individual differences in the strength of the behavioural inhibition system (BIS) and behavioural activation system (BAS) were explored using the BIS/BAS scales developed by Carver and White [1994]. Sending negative feedback to the partner was negatively correlated with scores on the BIS. Scores on BAS drive were positively correlated with increases in discontentedness and with sending negative feedback on trials when the tank was lost due to lack of time. These results are discussed in relation to Berkowitz's [1993] model of affective aggression. Aggr. Behav. 24:27–36, 1998. © 1998 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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Angry reactions to failure on a cooperative computer game: The effect of trait hostility, behavioural inhibition, and behavioural activation

Wingrove

Bond

1998

Aggr. Behav.

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“…self-consciousness by Scheier & Carver (1985) is used in the field of self-conscious emotions. The relationship between emotions and their impact on the subsequent behaviour is well established in the literature (Guerra, Huesmann, & Zelli, 1993;Weiner, 1985). Self-consciousness on the other hand has earned little attention among researchers (Tracy & Robins, 2007;Tracy & Robins, 2004).…”

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Consumer Ethical Decision Making: Linking Moral Intensity, Self-Consciousness and Neutralization Techniques

Shah¹,

Amjad²

2017

AABFJ

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The purpose of the study is to examine the effect of moral intensity on self-conscious emotions and neutralization techniques in the context of ethical decision making among consumers. A sample of 388 shopping mall retail consumers was recruited through self-administered survey technique. Descriptive statistics, exploratory factor analysis, correlation was carried out in SPSS whereas the measurement model and structural relationships were estimated using AMOS.Results indicate that moral intensity positively influences consumer's self-consciousness, neutralization techniques and behavioural intention. Self-consciousness negatively influence consumer's defence mechanism i.e. neutralization techniques. Neither self-consciousness nor neutralization techniques is found to have an impact on consumers' behavioural intention. Only self-consciousness is found to complementary mediate the relationship of moral intensity and neutralization. The limitations associated with field survey and crosssectional research design are inevitable. The study offers some relevant practical implications for government, marketing professionals and academia. The study is among the pioneer studies that theoretically links and empirically examines Issue Contingent Model, theory of neutralization and self-consciousness. The study develops and tested an Urdu language version of the questionnaire for retail consumers. The purpose of the study is to examine the effect of moral intensity on self-conscious emotions and neutralization techniques in the context of ethical decision making among consumers. A sample of 388 shopping mall retail consumers was recruited through self-administered survey technique. Descriptive statistics, exploratory factor analysis, correlation was carried out in SPSS whereas the measurement model and structural relationships were estimated using AMOS. Results indicate that moral intensity positively influences consumer's self-consciousness, neutralization techniques and behavioural intention. Self-consciousness negatively influence consumer's defence mechanism i.e. neutralization techniques. Neither self-consciousness nor neutralization techniques is found to have an impact on consumers' behavioural intention. Only self-consciousness is found to complementary mediate the relationship of moral intensity and neutralization. The limitations associated with field survey and cross-sectional research design are inevitable. The study offers some relevant practical implications for government, marketing professionals and academia. The study is among the pioneer studies that theoretically links and empirically examines Issue Contingent Model, theory of neutralization and self-consciousness. The study develops and tested an Urdu language version of the questionnaire for retail consumers.

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“…De plus, la stabilité d'un événement négatif imputable à autrui pose immanquablement la question de la contrôlabilité, et de l'intentionnalité de l'acte, ou du moins de la perception de celle-ci par la victime, favorisant en cela la survenue de l'émotion de colère (Weiner, 1985) et ce d'autant plus qu'il apparaît injustifié (Averill, 1983). L'impact de la perception du caractère contrôlable et/ou intentionnel de l'acte, questionne alors la tendance de l'individu au biais d'attribution hostile (Guerra, Huesmann & Zelli, 1993;Huesmann, 1988). Le biais d'attribution hostile est la tendance de l'individu à percevoir de l'hostilité dans le comportement d'autrui indépendamment de la présence effective d'hostilité dans ledit comportement.…”

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Conséquences émotionnelles des erreurs d'arbitrage chez les footballeurs: etude exploratoire

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RESUME: L'objet de cette étude était de mettre en évidence, à travers le discours de footballeurs, l'impact émotionnel des erreurs d'arbitrage. Cent trois footballeurs âgés de 15 à 56 ans ont rempli la version française du Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire, et participé à un entretien semi-directif de vingt à trente minutes environ au cours duquel il leur était proposé six situations représentatives du croisement de deux variables: nature de l'erreur d'arbitrage (x3) et répétition de la situation (x2 PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Árbitro; futebol; cólera; injustiça; agressão. EMOTIONAL CONSEQUENCES OF REFEREE'S MISTAKE AMONG SOCCER PLAYERS: EXPLORATORY STUDYABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to question emotional consequences of referee mistakes, by the mean of interviews of soccer players. One hundred and three soccer players have taken part in the study. Participants were 15 to 56 years old. They have fulfilled the French version of the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire and taken part to a twenty to thirty minutes semi-directing-interview. The interview was structured around six situations that reflected the crossing of two variables: the kind of referee's decisions (x3) and the repetition of the situation (x2). It was asked to participants what they felt in each of these situations. The main results showed that the referee's mistakes generated feelings of irritation, anger and the perception of injustice. These feelings occurred all the more as referee's mistakes were repetitive. However, false positive mistakes and false negative mistakes were different in their consequences both on feelings and on behaviors. These differences were questioned as regard to the differences in coercion relations between theses actors.

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Attributions for social failure and adolescent aggression

Cited by 10 publications

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Angry reactions to failure on a cooperative computer game: The effect of trait hostility, behavioural inhibition, and behavioural activation

Angry reactions to failure on a cooperative computer game: The effect of trait hostility, behavioural inhibition, and behavioural activation

Consumer Ethical Decision Making: Linking Moral Intensity, Self-Consciousness and Neutralization Techniques

Conséquences émotionnelles des erreurs d'arbitrage chez les footballeurs: etude exploratoire

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