How attribution influences aggression: Answers to an old question by using an implicit measure of anger

Krieglmeyer, Regina; Wittstadt, Doris; Strack, Fritz

doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2008.10.003

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“…For example, parent perceptions regarding the intentionality of the child misbehavior, may affect approval of physical discipline and disciplinary decisions (Burchinal, Skinner, & Reznick, 2010). In fact, abusive mothers are more likely to hold beliefs that a child is misbehaving intentionally relative to a comparison group (Haskett, Scott, Willoughby, Ahern, & Nears, 2006), and these perceptions and broader hostile schema likely color both subsequent attributions and aggressive responding (Farc, Crouch, Skowronski, & Milner, 2008;Krieglmeyer et al, 2009). While aggression and punitive parenting often result from more than one motive (Bushman & Anderson, 2001;Dietrich, Berkowitz, Kadushin, & McGloin, 1990), future research might also explore the extent to which the present effects vary as a function of type of aggression (e.g., instrumental versus impulsive; Barratt & Slaughter, 1998;Berkowitz, 1993) and whether these effects also maintain with instances of aggression that fall outside the parent-child domain.…”

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“…In past research, the FIT has been significantly associated with child abuse risk across different samples (McElroy & Rodriguez, 2008;Rodriguez, 2008). Moreover, frustration paradigms have proven a useful means of exploring connections between anger/frustration and aggression (e.g., Krieglmeyer, Wittstadt, & Strack, 2009), and crying is a contextual stimulus that is known to evoke hostile feelings in high-risk parents (e.g., Crouch, Skowronski, Milner, & Harris, 2008).…”

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Frustration influences impact of history and disciplinary attitudes on physical discipline decision making

Russa

Rodriguez

Silvia

2013

Aggressive Behavior

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Although intergenerational patterns of punitive physical punishment garner considerable research attention, the mechanisms by which historical, cognitive, and contextual factors interplay to influence disciplinary responding remains poorly understood. Disciplinary attitudes have been shown to mediate the association between disciplinary history and disciplinary responding. The present study investigated whether frustration influences these mediation effects. Half of a sample of 330 undergraduates was randomly assigned to frustration induction. Structural equation modeling confirmed that, for participants in the frustration condition, the relation between disciplinary history and physical discipline decision-making was fully mediated by attitudes approving physical discipline. In contrast, for respondents in the no-frustration condition, the pathway from disciplinary history to discipline decision-making was only partially mediated by attitudes. Under conditions of frustration, attitudes may become a more central means by which personal disciplinary history is associated with disciplinary decision-making.

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Frustration influences impact of history and disciplinary attitudes on physical discipline decision making

Russa

Rodriguez

Silvia

2013

Aggressive Behavior

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“…Indeed, lower levels of aggressive behavior have been found when (a) the researcher apologizes for the provocation (e.g., Ohbuchi, Kameda, & Agarie, 1989), (b) participants are told their "partner" did not intend to hurt them (e.g., Batson, Bowers, Leonard, & Smith, 2000), and (c) the provocation is explained to be justified (e.g., Dill & Anderson, 1995;Stemmler, 1997). We believe that mitigating factors reduce aggressive behavior by altering one's initial hostile attribution from the provocateur to the extra information (e.g., Krieglmeyer, Wittstadt, & Strack, 2009), hence, reappraisal. Although these studies reliably show that mitigating information is negatively related to aggressive behavior, the internal mechanisms for this change have gone understudied and are examined in the current research.…”

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Reappraising the Situation and Its Impact on Aggressive Behavior

Barlett

Anderson

2011

Pers Soc Psychol Bull

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Much work has focused on how reappraisal is related to emotions, but not behaviors. Two experiments advanced aggression theory by (a) testing how cognitive and attributional forms of reappraisal are related to aggressive affect and behavior, (b) testing variables that theoretically mediate the relation between attributional reappraisal and aggressive behavior, (c) testing the moderating influences of cognitive and attributional reappraisal on aggressive behavior, and (d) developing and testing an intervention aimed at reducing vengeance through reappraisal training. Study 1 used an essay writing task in a 3 (feedback: provocation, no feedback, praise) × 2 (mitigating information: present, absent) experimental design. Provoked participants who did not receive mitigating information were significantly more aggressive than provoked participants who received mitigating information. State vengeance was a significant mediator. Study 2 examined an experimental intervention on vengeance over a 16-week semester. Intervention participants who had the largest increase in reappraisal displayed the greatest decrease in vengeance. Overall, these findings suggest that reappraisal reduces vengeance and aggressive behavior.

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“…After a perceived provocation, it may be commonplace for the provocateur to apologize, state that their behavior was accidental, or justify their behavior. While research reveals that provocations often lead to aggressive behavior (c.f., Anderson & Huesmann, ), mitigating information may function to reduce such behavior (Barlett & Anderson, ; Dyck & Rule, ; Johnson & Rule, ; Krieglmeyer, Wittstadt, & Strack, ; Ohbuchi, Kameda, & Agarie, ; Younger & Doob, ; Zillmann & Cantor, ). In other words, mitigating information is likely to moderate the effect of a provocation on aggression.…”

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Breaking the link between provocation and aggression: The role of mitigating information

Barlett

Witkower

Mancini

et al. 2016

Aggressive Behavior

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In two experimental studies, we examine the extent to which strong or weak mitigating information after a provocation alters aggressive responding. In Study 1, we randomly assigned 215 (108 female) college-aged participants to a strong or weak provocation by having a research assistant talk to the participant about failing a task in a harsh or confused tone. This was followed by a second research assistant giving a strong or weak excuse to the participant regarding the first research assistant's behavior. Then, aggressive behavior was assessed using a researcher rating task. In Study 2, 63 (25 female) college-aged participants interacted with a confederate on the CRT. All participants were strongly provoked by receiving strong noise blasts. After five CRT trials, the confederate delivered weak or strong mitigating information to the participant regarding the noises blasts. The results indicated that: (i) strong provocations are more likely to increase aggression than weak provocations; (ii) strong mitigating information is more likely to decrease aggression than weak mitigating information; and (iii) the varying strength of mitigating information is important in situations involving weak, but not strong provocations: strong mitigating information is more likely than weak mitigating information reduce aggression when provocation is strong, but not when provocation is weak. We discuss the importance of mitigating information in decreasing aggressive behavior and the conditions in which mitigating information is especially likely to be effective. Aggr. Behav. 42:555-562, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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How attribution influences aggression: Answers to an old question by using an implicit measure of anger

Cited by 29 publications

References 53 publications

Frustration influences impact of history and disciplinary attitudes on physical discipline decision making

Frustration influences impact of history and disciplinary attitudes on physical discipline decision making

Reappraising the Situation and Its Impact on Aggressive Behavior

Breaking the link between provocation and aggression: The role of mitigating information

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