Hostility Bias

Towards the understanding of the core of general Personality Disorder factor: g-PD and its relation to hostile attributions

“…Hostile attributions constitute a complex constellation within general hostility biases, referring to the a priori tendency to perceive and interpret social cues (Smeijers, 2022). They are not only related to interpretational processes (Hostile Interpretation Bias, e.g.…”

“…interpreting facial expressions as angry) and anticipating hostility (Hostile Expectation Bias, e.g. assuming from others hostile reaction to potential conflicts), but also involve ascribing intentions and blaming individuals for presumed hostile behaviors (Hostile Attribution Bias, Smeijers, 2022), along with feeling anger in response to such events (Combs et al, 2007). Moreover, hostile attributions may be linked to different types of harmful events.…”

“…Moreover, hostile attributions may be linked to different types of harmful events. For example, they could involve relational harm (e.g., a friend stood me up) or physical harm (i.e., somebody pushed me on the bus) (Smeijers, 2022;Combs et al, 2007). Finally, they encompass different socio-relational contexts; for instance, one may be more prone to attribute hostility to peers or more to authorities .…”

“…The sample was representative for the general population of Poland aged 18-65, according to data from the national Polish statistical office from 2022, except for data on education, which was available as most up-to-date from 2021 (Statistics Poland, 2021;2022). One thousand thirty people completed the survey and were taken into account in the current study (541 females, 489 males, Mage = 43.39; SDage = 13.06).…”