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Hostile attribution bias is theorized to result from deviations in any of these steps, [4] including paying attention to and encoding biased information (e.g., only paying attention to cues suggestive of hostility), biases toward negative interpretations of social interactions (e.g., more likely to interpret situation as hostile), limited ...
Hostile attribution bias (HAB) has been defined as an interpretive bias wherein individuals exhibit a tendency to interpret others' ambiguous behaviors as hostile, rather than benign. [7] [8] For example, if a child witnesses two other children whispering, they may assume that the children are talking negatively about them. In this case, the ...
Chiu. S and Peng, J. (2008) "The relationship between psychological contract breach and employee deviance: The moderating role of hostile attributional style." Journal of Vocational Behavior, 73 (4), 426-433. Everton, W.J., et al. (2007). "Be nice or else: understanding reasons for employee's deviant behaviors."
This hostile attribution bias may contribute to increased intergroup hostility and authoritarian behavior in the long run, according to study co-author and NCRI Chief Science Officer Joel Finkelstein.
Hostile attributional bias [ edit ] Many unpopular aggressive kids seem to engage in hostile attributional bias when analyzing the actions of others: they are more likely to interpret other children's behavior as hostile while it is not, [ 54 ] [ 55 ] which can cause the perpetuation of their aggressive behaviors.
The Depressive attributional style is defined by high levels of pessimism, rumination, [63] hopelessness, self-criticism, [64] poorer academic performance, [65] and a tendency to believe negative outcomes and events are one's own fault. [66] People with this attributional style may place high levels of importance on their own reputation and ...
Developmentally, it has been suggested that attributional style originates in experiences of trust or lack of trust in events [9] Along with evidence from twin studies for some heredity basis to attributional style., [9] Eisner argues that repeated exposure to controllable events may foster an optimistic explanatory style, whereas repeated ...
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