Social cognition and trust: Exploring the role of theory of mind and hostile attribution bias in children’s skepticism of inaccurate informants

Abstract IntroductionAdolescence is one of the critical stages and the period of evolution of human physical and mental development that occurs between childhood and youth. Successful completion of this course plays a role in mental health and personality. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of Difficulty in Emotion Regulation and Alexithymia with Hostile attribution bias and Anger in adolescent boys with bullying, which plays an important role in developmental outcomes in adolescents. Methods345 male students in Zanjan, iran participated in this study.To measure self-reporting tools, Gertz and Roemer(2004) Difficulty in emotion regulation Questionnaire, Toronto Alexithymia Questionnaire(TAS-20), McBril, Milich & Handley (2003 hostile attribution bias Questionnaire, and Eiseng and Glenn Wilson (2003) Aggression Questionnaire(2009) were evaluated. Path analysis method was used to analyze the causal model. The results show a good fit of the model with the experimental data. ResultsThe results also showed a direct and significant effect between anger and Difficulty in Emotion Regulation (β =0.19, p <0.05), Alexithymia (β = 0.17, p <0.05) and Hostile attribution bias in male adolescents (β =0.32, p<0.05) with high bullying. As well the mediating role of Hostile attribution bias in the relationship between Difficulties in emotion regulation with anger is significant (β = 0.32). Moreover the mediating role of Hostile attribution bias in the relationship between Alexithymia with anger is significant (β = 0.20). ConclusionThese results contribute to the theoretical knowledge of how Alexithymia and hostile attribution bias affect anger in adolescent populations. The findings supported the mediating role of hostile attribution bias in the relationship between Difficulty in Emotion Regulation and Alexithymia with anger in adolescents. All three predictor variables are trainable and can be used in anger reduction and bullying interventions in adolescents.

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The Influence of Mistreatment by Patients on Job Satisfaction and Turnover Intention among Chinese Nurses: A Three-Wave Survey

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17041256 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 1256

Author(s):

Lei Qi ◽

Xin Wei ◽

Yuhan Li ◽

Bing Liu ◽

Zikun Xu

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Turnover Intention ◽

Hostile Attribution Bias ◽

Emotional Dissonance ◽

Hostile Attribution ◽

Work Meaningfulness ◽

Negative Effect ◽

Attribution Bias ◽

And Behavior

The affective event of mistreatment in the workplace has been recognized as an important factor influencing employee affect and behavior. However, few studies have logically explained and empirically clarified the link between mistreatment by patients and nurses’ job satisfaction and turnover intention. The current study aimed to explore the effects of mistreatment by patients on nurses’ job satisfaction and turnover intention through work meaningfulness and emotional dissonance, as well as the moderating role of hostile attribution bias. Using three-wave survey data collect from 657 nurses who worked in three hospitals in China, we found that mistreatment by patients had a negative effect on nurses’ job satisfaction through work meaningfulness, mistreatment by patients had a positive effect on nurses’ turnover intention through emotional dissonance. Furthermore, nurses’ hostile attribution bias acted as an effective moderator on the relationship. These findings help uncover the mechanisms and conditions in which mistreatment by patients influences nurses’ job satisfaction and turnover intention.

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Peer and cyber aggression in secondary school students: the role of moral disengagement, hostile attribution bias, and outcome expectancies

Aggressive Behavior ◽

10.1002/ab.20336 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 36 (2) ◽

pp. 81-94 ◽

Cited By ~ 242

Author(s):

Chrisa D. Pornari ◽

Jane Wood

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Moral Disengagement ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

Outcome Expectancies ◽

Hostile Attribution Bias ◽

School Students ◽

Hostile Attribution ◽

Cyber Aggression ◽

Attribution Bias

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Examining the Relationship between Psychopathic Leadership, Work Phobic Anxiety and Employee Work Alienation: The Moderating Role of Hostile Attribution Bias

Journal of Organisational Studies and Innovation ◽

10.51659/josi.20.137 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 14-30

Author(s):

Muhammad Ali Asghar Sandhu ◽

Tasneem Fatima

Keyword(s):

Reliability And Validity ◽

Hostile Attribution Bias ◽

Survey Method ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽

Hostile Attribution ◽

Phobic Anxiety ◽

Work Alienation ◽

Attribution Bias ◽

The Relationship

The current study examines the direct relationship between psychopathic leadership and work alienation while incorporating the mediating role of work phobic anxiety. The study sustains that work phobic anxiety mediates the relationship between leader psychopathy and employee work alienation. In addition to this, as grounded in Affective Events Theory, the study further establishes that Hostile Attribution Bias (HAB) as employee-centric dispositional factor moderates the relationship of leader psychopathy an affect inducing event and work phobic anxiety, an employee's behavioral outcome a reaction concerning stimulus workplace. The study employs a quantitative time-lagged design with multisource data collected in three waves through the survey method. Results of the data analysis established all hypotheses of the research in the proposed directions. Confirmatory Factor Analyses were also performed to ensure, reliability and validity of the scales employed in the study; the mediation & moderation were analyzed using SPSS Process Macro, using the "Bootstrapping Method" (Hayes, 2017).

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Affective aggression in adult male prisoners : the role of prior exposure to violence, psychopathy, hostile attribution bias and anger

10.22215/etd/2002-05170 ◽

2002 ◽

Author(s):

Gurmeet Dhaliwal

Keyword(s):

Adult Male ◽

Exposure To Violence ◽

Prior Exposure ◽

Hostile Attribution Bias ◽

Hostile Attribution ◽

Attribution Bias ◽

Affective Aggression ◽

Male Prisoners

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The effect of exploitative leadership on knowledge hiding: a conservation of resources perspective

Leadership & Organization Development Journal ◽

10.1108/lodj-03-2020-0085 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Limin Guo ◽

Ken Cheng ◽

Jinlian Luo

Keyword(s):

Psychological Distress ◽

Hostile Attribution Bias ◽

Conservation Of Resources ◽

Hostile Attribution ◽

Content Type ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Attribution Bias ◽

Knowledge Hiding ◽

Moderating Role

PurposeDrawing on conservation of resources (COR) theory, this study aims to explore the influencing mechanism of exploitative leadership on knowledge hiding. Specifically, this study focuses on the mediating role of psychological distress and the moderating role of hostile attribution bias in affecting the mediation.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from 324 employees of a high-technology company in China by a three-wave questionnaire survey. Hierarchical regression analysis and bootstrapping approach were employed to test hypotheses.FindingsThis study found that exploitative leadership was positively related to knowledge hiding and that psychological distress mediated this relationship. Moreover, the results revealed that the positive relationship between exploitative leadership and psychological distress and the indirect effect of exploitative leadership on knowledge hiding via psychological distress were stronger when hostile attribution was high rather than low.Practical implicationsThe findings of this study offer guidance for managers to better undermine the negative effects of exploitative leadership.Originality/valueFirst, this study extends the literature on exploitative leadership by verifying the positive effect of exploitative leadership on knowledge hiding. Second, this study enriches one’s understanding of the “black box” underlying the link between exploitative leadership and its consequences by demonstrating the mediating role of psychological distress. Third, by verifying the moderating role of hostile attribution bias, this study provides insights into the boundary conditions of the impact of exploitative leadership.

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S73. RELATIONSHIP OF COGNITIVE ABILITY AND PERSONALITY TRAITS WITH HOSTILE ATTRIBUTION BIAS IN NONCLINICAL SUBJECTS: THEORY OF MIND AS A MEDIATOR

Schizophrenia Bulletin ◽

10.1093/schbul/sbaa031.139 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 46 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. S62-S62

Author(s):

Se Jun Koo ◽

Ye Jin Kim ◽

Eunchong Seo ◽

Hye Yoon Park ◽

Jee Eun Min ◽

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Keyword(s):

Theory Of Mind ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Cognitive Ability ◽

Perspective Taking ◽

Hostile Attribution Bias ◽

Reactivity Index ◽

Eysenck Personality Questionnaire ◽

Hostile Attribution ◽

Attribution Bias ◽

The Relationship

Abstract Background Hostile attribution bias has been reported to be common from nonclinical population to serious mental illness such as schizophrenia and is known to be closely related to social cognition. The aims of this study was to investigate whether theory of mind (ToM) skills mediate the relationship between cognitive ability and personality traits and attribution bias by using the Korean version of Reading the Minds in the eyes test (K-RMET). Methods One hundred ninety-six (101 females) nonclinical youths were recruited. To assess general cognitive ability and ToM skills, participants were asked to complete the Raven’s Standard Progressive Matrices (SPM) and the K-RMET. For personality traits, the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (psychoticism) and Interpersonal Reactivity Index (perspective taking) were administered. To evaluate the hostile attribution bias, the Ambiguous Intentions Hostility Questionnaire was also administered. Path analysis and the bias-corrected percentile bootstrap method were performed to estimate the parameters of mediating effects. Results Based on Akaike Information Criterion(AIC) the best model characterized 1) two direct pathways from psychoticism and the K-RMET to hostility attribution bias and 2) four indirect pathways, wherein SPM, perspective taking and psychoticism influence hostile attribution bias through the K-RMET. The K-RMET fully mediated the association between SPM (p=.028), perspective taking (p=.027), psychoticism (p=.041) and hostile attribution bias. Discussion The main findings suggested that ToM skill such as the RMET plays an important role in explaining the relationship between cognitive ability and personality traits and hostile attribution bias. The development of remediation strategy of theory of mind skills may be needed to balance the enhanced hostility bias which is underlying the paranoia.

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