TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - Attribution of intent and role-taking: cognitive factors as mediators of aggression with people who have mental retardation
JO  - American journal on mental retardation
A1  - Pert, C.
A1  - Jahoda, A.
A1  - Squire, J.
SP  - 399
EP  - 409
VL  - 104
IS  - 5
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0895-8017
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -