Exploring the relationships between variables that predict hostile attributions is essential for understanding aggressive behaviours and for enabling the development of suitable aggression‐reduction interventions. The aim of this series of two studies was to investigate how ascribing intentionality and blame to other people are critical in predicting hostile attribution. In Study 1 (general sample: N = 163, 63.8% females; inmates: N = 109 people, 78.9% females), we hypothesized that people that are sensitive to provocation declare higher levels of anger and that this is serially mediated by perceived intentionality of the act and perceived blame of the harm‐doer. The results confirmed these assumptions. In Study 2, the participants took part in a 3‐month psycho‐educational training that included mentalization elements. We hypothesized that the level of hostile attributions among inmates (N = 8, females) would be lower after the training. Changes in the inmates' attributions were observed after a qualitative analysis of the results. This finding achieved the study's aim of demonstrating how such theoretical assumptions can be practically implemented.

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罪犯和非罪犯之间的敌对归因偏见：使社会信息处理更加充分

探索可预测敌对归因的变量之间的关系对于理解攻击行为并支持开发适当的减少攻击干预措施至关重要。这两项研究的目的是调查将故意和怪罪归咎于他人在预测敌对归因中的重要性。在研究1中（一般样本：N = 163，女性为63.8％；囚犯：N= 109人，女性78.9％），我们假设对挑衅敏感的人会表达更高的愤怒，并且这是由行为的故意性和伤害者的责任共同导致的。结果证实了这些假设。在研究2中，参与者参加了为期3个月的心理教育培训，其中包括心理因素。我们假设训练后囚犯（N = 8，女性）之间的敌对归因水平较低。在对结果进行定性分析后，观察到囚犯的归属发生了变化。这一发现达到了研究目的，即证明了如何实际实施这种理论假设。