The Impact of Attributional Processes on Triggered Displaced Aggression |
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Authors: | William C Pedersen |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, California State University, Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Boulevard, Long Beach, California 90840-0901, USA |
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Abstract: | The current study examined the role of attributional processes on triggered displaced aggression and specified the conditions
wherein affect versus attributions would predict the degree of aggressive responding. Consistent with expectations, attributions
for a minor provoking event predicted the degree of aggression towards targets that had violated expectations or where a specific
attribution was provided. When no such expectancy violation occurred, only negative affect generated by the provocation predicted
aggression. Furthermore, results indicated that initial feelings toward a provoking target impacted aggressive responding
by influencing attributions made for a target's provoking action. When faced with a minor provocation, individuals were more
likely to spontaneously attribute that event to external causes for people they like (e.g., positive valence targets), thus
reducing the subsequent degree of aggressive retaliation. In contrast, for disliked targets, individuals were more likely
to attribute provoking behavior to internal causes, resulting in an increase in aggression. The new model provides a theoretical
extension to the cognitive-neoassociationistic perspective on aggression (L. Berkowitz, 1989, 1990, 1993).
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Keywords: | :" target="_blank">: aggression attributions affect consistency cognitive-neoassociationistic model |
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