Violence and Victims
Volume 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 773-786

Hostile attributional bias, early abuse, and social desirability in reporting hostile attributions among Chinese immigrant batterers and nonviolent men (Article)

Jin X.* , Eagle M. , Keat J.E.
  • a New School of Social Research, New York, NY, United States, New School for Social Research, Department of Psychology, 65 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003, United States
  • b Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, United States
  • c New School of Social Research, New York, NY, United States

Abstract

This study examined differences in reporting hostile attributional bias (HAB) between court-referred Chinese immigrant batterers and a nonviolent community sample. It measured social desirability (SD) in their reporting of HAB by including an SD measure and a covert indirect measure of HAB. Further, it explored the relationship between HAB and childhood exposure to violence. The batterers scored lower on the overt measure but higher on the covert measure of HAB. Their scores on the overt measure were negatively correlated with their SD scores. Childhood exposure to violence was positively correlated with HAB among the batterers but not among the nonviolent men. The role of HAB in intimate partner violence needs more research, and future studies and batterer interventions need to consider SD in assessing and addressing HAB. © 2008 Springer Publishing Company.

Author Keywords

hostile attributional bias Chinese immigrant male batterers Early abuse Social desirability Intimate partner violence

Index Keywords

Chinese Child Abuse battering Article hostility Social Desirability correlation analysis human partner violence
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-57149087300&doi=10.1891%2f0886-6708.23.6.773&partnerID=40&md5=9fbc7890dc1cede0de841d517c7fe1b3
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.23.6.773
ISSN: 08866708
Cited by: 6
Original Language: English