Psychiatry Investig.
2013 Mar;10(1):34-40.
Attributional Style in Healthy Persons: Its Association with 'Theory of Mind' Skills
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- 1Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea. ansk@yuhs.ac
- 2Section of Affect and Neuroscience, Institute of Behavioural Science in Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
- 3Seoul Total Health Care Center, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
- 4Department of Psychiatry, Cheil General Hospital & Women's Healthcare Center, Kwandong University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE
Attributional style, especially external personal attribution bias, was found to play a pivotal role in clinical and non-clinical paranoia. The study of the relationship of the tendency to infer/perceive hostility and blame with theory of mind skills has significant theoretical importance as it may provide additional information on how persons process social situations. The aim of this study was whether hostility perception bias and blame bias might be associated with theory of mind skills, neurocognition and emotional factors in healthy persons.
METHODS
Total 263 participants (133 male and 130 female) were recruited. The attributional style was measured by using the Ambiguous Intentions Hostility Questionnaire (AIHQ). Participants were requested to complete a Brune's Theory of Mind Picture Stories task, neurocognitive task including Standard Progressive Matrices (SPM) and digit span, and other emotional dysregulation trait scales including Rosenberg's self-esteem, Spielberg's trait anxiety inventory, and Novaco anger scale.
RESULTS
Multiple regression analysis showed that hostility perception bias score in ambiguous situation were found to be associated with theory of mind questionnaire score and emotional dysregulation traits of Novaco anger scale. Also, composite blame bias score in ambiguous situation were found to be associated with emotional dysregulation traits of Novaco anger scale and Spielberg's trait anxiety scale.
CONCLUSION
The main finding was that the attributional style of hostility perception bias might be primarily contributed by theory of mind skills rather than neurocognitive function such as attention and working memory, and reasoning ability. The interpretations and implications would be discussed in details.
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