Hostile attributional bias and aggressive behavior in global context

• Main Authors: Dodge, Kenneth A, Malone, Patrick S, Lansford, Jennifer E, Skinner, Ann T, Tapanya, Sombat, Tirado, Liliana Maria Uribe, Zelli, Arnaldo, Alampay, Liane Peña, Bacchini, Dario, Bombi, Anna Silvia, Bornstein, Marc H, Chang, Lei, Deater-Deckard, Kirby, Di Giunta, Laura, Oburu, Paul, Pastorelli, Concetta
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2015
• Subjects: aggressive behavior; cultural differences; hostile attribution; interpersonal conflict; social cognition; Child Psychology; Psychology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/psychology-faculty-pubs/53; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1052&context=psychology-faculty-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

We tested a model that children’s tendency to attribute hostile intent to others in response to provocation is a key psychological process that statistically accounts for individual differences in reactive aggressive behavior and that this mechanism contributes to global group differences in childre...