Hostile attributional bias in adults

Epps, James; Kendall, Philip C.

doi:10.1007/bf02229692

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“…Consistent with previous research assessing hostile attributional bias in adults (Epps & Kendall, 1995), participants' negative responses to the ambiguous stories increased as their level of trait hostility increased. In fact, trait hostility accounted for more of the variance than did the level of violence in comic books.…”

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“…Furthermore, in a study on adults, Epps and Kendall (1995) found a significant relationship between trait hostility and hostile attributional bias. Given these findings, participants' trait tendency to respond with hostility and anger was measured prior to the experimental condition.…”

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“…Although hostile attributional bias has been primarily studied in males (Epps & Kendall, 1995), additional researchers have challenged the contention that the experience and expression of anger (Brody, 1993) and hostile attributional bias are gender specific (Slaby & Guerra, 1988). Furthermore, there is some evidence that aggressive girls display a hostile attributional bias similar to that of aggressive boys during both middle childhood and adolescence (Crick, 1995;Steinberg & Dodge, 1983).…”

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Violent Comic Books and Perceptions of Ambiguous Provocation Situations

Kirsh¹,

Olczak²

2000

Media Psychology

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Violent Comic Books and Perceptions of Ambiguous Provocation Situations

Kirsh¹,

Olczak²

2000

Media Psychology

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“…Numerous studies have shown a strong relationship between hostile attribution of intent and aggressive behavior among both children and adults (de Castro, Veerman, Koops, Bosch, & Monshouwer, 2002;Epps & Kendall, 1995). Thus, it appears that ruminating about a provocation increases the likelihood that people will perceive minor triggering events in a hostile manner.…”

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Chewing on It Can Chew You Up: Effects of Rumination on Triggered Displaced Aggression.

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Bonacci

Pedersen

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Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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Ruminating about a provocation increases the likelihood of displaced aggression following a minor annoyance (trigger). In Study 1, provoked participants who ruminated for 25 min were more aggressive toward a fumbling confederate than were distracted participants. Provocation-induced negative affect was positively related to aggression but only among those who ruminated. Study 2 conceptually replicated Study 1 and also found that the more negatively people reacted to the trigger, the more likely the trigger was to increase displaced aggression. Study 3 replicated the findings of Studies 1 and 2 by using an 8-hr rumination period. All 3 studies suggest that ruminating about a provocation increases the likelihood that a minor triggering annoyance will increase displaced aggression.

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“…Perceptions of external stimuli appear to be influenced by individuals' attributions of intent. Hostile attributional bias refers to a tendency for some individuals to interpret ambiguous stimuli as being intentionally aggressive and is found in both children and adults [17,19]. Additionally, people with angry or anxious dispositions are more likely to interpret ambiguous prose as being negative [43].…”

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