Hostile attribution bias and angry rumination: A longitudinal study of undergraduate students

Wang, Yueyue; Cao, Shengxian; Dong, Yan; Xia, Ling‐Xiang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0217759

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“…The items were answered on a 4‐point scale, ranging from 1 (almost never) to 4 (almost always). In line with previous studies using this scale, items were averaged to extract a global anger rumination score (Wang et al, 2019). Higher scores correspond to a higher level of anger rumination.…”

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“…On the empirical level, many studies have shown that anger rumination predicts higher levels of aggression (Quan et al, 2020; Salguero et al, 2020; Wang et al, 2019), but the opposite association, whether involvement in aggressive behavior predicts an increase in anger rumination, has not been analyzed. Moreover, with regard to cyberaggression specifically, as far as we know only one study—with a cross‐sectional design and using middle adolescents—has found an association with anger rumination (Yang et al, 2020).…”

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Longitudinal associations between cybervictimization, anger rumination, and cyberaggression

Camacho

Ortega-Ruíz

Romera

2021

Aggressive Behavior

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Adolescents' involvement in cyberbullying has been a growing public health concern for some time. Cybervictimization and cyberaggression are two phenomena that previous research has often shown to be associated. However, longitudinal research into these associations and also into potential risk factors for these phenomena is less common. Anger rumination is a proven risk factor for aggressive behavior, but the relationship between anger rumination and victimization is not clear. The present longitudinal study investigated the associations between cybervictimization, anger rumination and cyberbullying in a sample of 3017 adolescents (MW1 = 13.15; SD = 1.09; 49% girls) from 7th to 9th grade. The European Cyberbullying Intervention Project Questionnaire and the Anger Rumination Scale were administered in four waves with 6 months intervals over a total period of 18 months. The associations between the variables were analyzed with a cross‐lagged model. We found that: cybervictimization predicted anger rumination and cyberaggression; anger rumination was associated with later increases in both cybervictimization and cyberaggression: but involvement in cyberaggression predicted neither subsequent involvement in cybervictimization, nor in anger rumination. In addition, cybervictimization was found to mediate the association between anger rumination and cyberaggression. This study expands the understanding of the factors associated with cybervictimization and cyberaggression, and its results indicate that intervention programs should focus on boosting self‐control to decrease impulsive behavior and protocols to prevent and intervene in cyberbullying.

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Longitudinal associations between cybervictimization, anger rumination, and cyberaggression

Camacho

Ortega-Ruíz

Romera

2021

Aggressive Behavior

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“…The Chinese versions of the scale have been found to have adequate reliability and validity in prior studies (Maxwell, 2007;Luo & Liu, 2017;Wang, Cao, Dong, & Xia, 2019). In the present study, the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) showed that the two factors model fit with the data well, χ 2 = 2.93, df = 2, root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) = 0.03, comparative fit index (CFI) = 0.99, Tucker-Lewis Index (TLI) = 0.99, and standardized root mean square residual (SRMR) = 0.01.…”

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The longitudinal relationship between angry rumination and reactive–proactive aggression and the moderation effect of consideration of future consequences‐immediate

Wang

Cao

Qin

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The idea that influential factors for two subtypes of aggression (reactive and proactive aggression) should be different is popular, but the common influential factors have not been examined. Such an examination could help understand the influential factors of aggression from the perspective of multiple motivations affecting the development of aggressive motivations over time. The present study argued that angry rumination would be a common influential factor for both reactive and proactive aggression. In addition, consideration of future consequences (CFC) may moderate the longitudinal effect of angry rumination on proactive aggression. Two studies were conducted to test these hypotheses. In Study 1, a cross-lagged analysis with a 6-month interval was employed. A total of 505 undergraduate students (46% males) completed the questionnaires twice. Results indicated that after a 6-month period, angry rumination predicted reactive aggression but not proactive aggression. Furthermore, reactive aggression predicted angry rumination over time. In Study 2, a moderation analysis was performed with another 437 participants (130 males). The results partly supported our hypotheses, indicating that CFC-immediate (CFC-I) moderated the longitudinal effect of angry rumination on proactive aggression. The present results extended prior research regarding the predictors of proactive and reactive aggression and may contribute to a greater understanding of the development of aggressive motivation. In addition, our research suggested that high CFC-I may be an important factor for the motivation change from reactive aggression to proactive aggression.

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“…Second, hostile attribution bias is always accompanied by aggressive emotions (Dodge et al, 2015), and aggressive emotions facilitate the generation of DAB (Denson et al, 2006). Finally, hostile attribution bias has predicted anger rumination in longitudinal research (Wang et al, 2019), which is an important element of DAB (Denson et al, 2006). In summary, hostile attribution bias may provide an emotional and cognitive basis for generating DAB.…”

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Longitudinal relationships among interpersonal openness trait, hostile attribution bias, and displaced aggressive behaviour: Big Five treated as covariates

Quan

Xia

2021

Int J Psychol

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Displaced aggressive behaviour is associated with many negative outcomes. Although certain personality traits predict displaced aggressive behaviour, the uniquely longitudinal effect of indigenous interpersonal traits on displaced aggressive behaviour is ignored. To address this gap, we explored the longitudinal relationship among an indigenously interpersonal trait of China (interpersonal openness), hostile attribution bias, and self‐reported displaced aggressive behaviour. Additionally, we tested whether hostile attribution bias mediated the relationship between interpersonal openness and self‐reported displaced aggressive behaviour. The Interpersonal Self‐Support Scale for Undergraduate Students, Word Sentence Association Paradigm for Hostility, Displaced Aggression Questionnaire, and the NEO Personality Inventory‐3 were administered to 942 undergraduates on two occasions, 6 months apart. A cross‐lagged model showed that, after controlling for the Big Five personality traits, interpersonal openness predicted subsequent hostile attribution bias, and hostile attribution bias predicted self‐reported displaced aggressive behaviour 6 months later. Hostile attribution bias at time 2 mediated the relationship between interpersonal openness at time 1 and self‐reported displaced aggressive behaviour at time 2. These results were consistent with the interpersonal self‐support theory's appraisals of interpersonal openness, and they extended the social information processing and general aggression models to explain displaced aggressive behaviour.

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Hostile attribution bias and angry rumination: A longitudinal study of undergraduate students

Cited by 24 publications

References 30 publications

Longitudinal associations between cybervictimization, anger rumination, and cyberaggression

Longitudinal associations between cybervictimization, anger rumination, and cyberaggression

The longitudinal relationship between angry rumination and reactive–proactive aggression and the moderation effect of consideration of future consequences‐immediate

Longitudinal relationships among interpersonal openness trait, hostile attribution bias, and displaced aggressive behaviour: Big Five treated as covariates

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