Attribution of Aggression to Acts
A Four-Factor Model
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13671985 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kaj Bjorkqvist (0000-0002-4615-0747, Åbo Akademi University, corresponding author), Marianne Lindström (Åbo Akademi University), Marina Pehrsson (Åbo Akademi University) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 525-530 |
| Publication date | 2000-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.2000.87.2.525 |
| PMID | 11086597 |
| OpenAlex | W2050927053 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 15 |
Factors determining why acts are regarded as aggressive were investigated in a sample of 303 subjects (140 males, 163 females, M age = 17.7 yr., SD = 1.4). A model was tested, according to which people base their attribution of aggression to acts on four factors: (1) intention (yes/no), (2) reason (attack/defense), (3) injury (death/injury/no injury), and (4) mode (weapon/bare hands/nonphysical means). All four factors contributed to the explanation of attribution of aggression, and the order of importance was the one mentioned above, intention being most important. The interaction between intention and reason was the second most important, contributing more than reason alone. The findings are consistent with the severity of punishment in sentences for different crimes of violence
Aggression · Attribution · Developmental psychology · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Poison control · Punishment (psychology · Suicide prevention · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social Psychology
The psychology of aggression.
Human Aggression
The function of aggression and the regulation of aggressive drive.
Attribution theory
Social learning theory
An Introduction to Attribution Processes
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The attribution of intention as a critical factor in the relation between frustration and aggression1
Judgements of Aggression Serving Personal Versus Prosocial Purposes
Moral judgments of aggression
Some effects of thoughts on anti- and prosocial influences of media events
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |