Hostile Attribution Bias and Anger Rumination Sequentially Mediate the Association Between Trait Anger and Reactive Aggression
Reactive aggression is a type of aggression that has severe consequences in individual’s psychosocial development and social stability. Trait anger is a risk personality factor for reactive aggression. However, the mediating mechanism of this relationship has not been sufficiently analyzed. We propo...
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| author | Fangying Quan Fangying Quan Fangying Quan Lu Wang Lu Wang Lu Wang Xinyu Gong Xiaofang Lei Xiaofang Lei Xiaofang Lei Binqi Liang Binqi Liang Binqi Liang Shuyue Zhang Shuyue Zhang Shuyue Zhang |
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| description | Reactive aggression is a type of aggression that has severe consequences in individual’s psychosocial development and social stability. Trait anger is a risk personality factor for reactive aggression. However, the mediating mechanism of this relationship has not been sufficiently analyzed. We proposed that hostile attribution bias and anger rumination may be cognitive factors that play mediating roles in the relationship between trait anger and reactive aggression. To test this hypothesis, a sample of 600 undergraduates (51.67% females, Mage = 20.51, SD = 1.11) participated in this study. Findings showed that hostile attribution bias, anger rumination sequentially mediated the association between trait anger and reactive aggression. These results highlight the importance of anger rumination and hostile attribution bias to explain the link between trait anger and reactive aggression in undergraduates. The findings of the present study also provide valuable information about the role of negative cognitive activities (e.g., hostile attribution, ruminate in anger emotion) in high trait anger individual may trigger reactive aggression. The limitations of the study are discussed, along with suggestions for future research. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f03eb743a079481ea1c1cd26e5c1d2fd2022-12-21T21:19:54ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-01-011210.3389/fpsyg.2021.778695778695Hostile Attribution Bias and Anger Rumination Sequentially Mediate the Association Between Trait Anger and Reactive AggressionFangying Quan0Fangying Quan1Fangying Quan2Lu Wang3Lu Wang4Lu Wang5Xinyu Gong6Xiaofang Lei7Xiaofang Lei8Xiaofang Lei9Binqi Liang10Binqi Liang11Binqi Liang12Shuyue Zhang13Shuyue Zhang14Shuyue Zhang15Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, ChinaResearch Center for the Development of Guangxi Ethnic Education, Guilin, ChinaGuangxi University and College Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Applied Psychology, Guilin, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Education, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, ChinaResearch Center for the Development of Guangxi Ethnic Education, Guilin, ChinaGuangxi University and College Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Applied Psychology, Guilin, ChinaFaculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Education, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, ChinaResearch Center for the Development of Guangxi Ethnic Education, Guilin, ChinaGuangxi University and College Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Applied Psychology, Guilin, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Education, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, ChinaResearch Center for the Development of Guangxi Ethnic Education, Guilin, ChinaGuangxi University and College Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Applied Psychology, Guilin, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Education, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, ChinaResearch Center for the Development of Guangxi Ethnic Education, Guilin, ChinaGuangxi University and College Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Applied Psychology, Guilin, ChinaReactive aggression is a type of aggression that has severe consequences in individual’s psychosocial development and social stability. Trait anger is a risk personality factor for reactive aggression. However, the mediating mechanism of this relationship has not been sufficiently analyzed. We proposed that hostile attribution bias and anger rumination may be cognitive factors that play mediating roles in the relationship between trait anger and reactive aggression. To test this hypothesis, a sample of 600 undergraduates (51.67% females, Mage = 20.51, SD = 1.11) participated in this study. Findings showed that hostile attribution bias, anger rumination sequentially mediated the association between trait anger and reactive aggression. These results highlight the importance of anger rumination and hostile attribution bias to explain the link between trait anger and reactive aggression in undergraduates. The findings of the present study also provide valuable information about the role of negative cognitive activities (e.g., hostile attribution, ruminate in anger emotion) in high trait anger individual may trigger reactive aggression. The limitations of the study are discussed, along with suggestions for future research.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.778695/fulltrait angerreactive aggressionhostile attribution biasanger ruminationmediation |
| spellingShingle | Fangying Quan Fangying Quan Fangying Quan Lu Wang Lu Wang Lu Wang Xinyu Gong Xiaofang Lei Xiaofang Lei Xiaofang Lei Binqi Liang Binqi Liang Binqi Liang Shuyue Zhang Shuyue Zhang Shuyue Zhang Hostile Attribution Bias and Anger Rumination Sequentially Mediate the Association Between Trait Anger and Reactive Aggression Frontiers in Psychology trait anger reactive aggression hostile attribution bias anger rumination mediation |
| title | Hostile Attribution Bias and Anger Rumination Sequentially Mediate the Association Between Trait Anger and Reactive Aggression |
| title_full | Hostile Attribution Bias and Anger Rumination Sequentially Mediate the Association Between Trait Anger and Reactive Aggression |
| title_fullStr | Hostile Attribution Bias and Anger Rumination Sequentially Mediate the Association Between Trait Anger and Reactive Aggression |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hostile Attribution Bias and Anger Rumination Sequentially Mediate the Association Between Trait Anger and Reactive Aggression |
| title_short | Hostile Attribution Bias and Anger Rumination Sequentially Mediate the Association Between Trait Anger and Reactive Aggression |
| title_sort | hostile attribution bias and anger rumination sequentially mediate the association between trait anger and reactive aggression |
| topic | trait anger reactive aggression hostile attribution bias anger rumination mediation |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.778695/full |
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