@article{ref1,
title="Attribution of intent and role-taking: cognitive factors as mediators of aggression with people who have mental retardation",
journal="American journal on mental retardation",
year="1999",
author="Pert, C. and Jahoda, A. and Squire, J.",
volume="104",
number="5",
pages="399-409",
abstract="An assessment task was devised to explore the attributional style and role-taking ability of 22 aggressive and 22 nonaggressive adults with moderate to mild mental retardation. Aggressive participants showed a hostile bias in their interpretation of others' intentions towards themselves within ambiguous interpersonal situations, although no difference was found across groups within clearly provocative situations. Furthermore, the role-taking ability of the aggressive participants was superior to the nonaggressive group, undermining the focus on global problems of interpersonal understanding as a causal factor of aggression for people with mental retardation.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0895-8017",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}