Attribution of responsibility in a campus stabbing incident

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Francis A. Hill
Cite this article:  Hill, F. (1975). Attribution of responsibility in a campus stabbing incident. Social Behavior and Personality: An international journal, 3(2), 127-132.


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Recent laboratory work has suggested a defensive attribution interpretation of the attribution of responsibility following an accident. The present study was an attempt to test these notions in a field situation. A questionnaire was devised concerning a campus stabbing incident in which one girl suffered severe consequences and her companion suffered less severe consequences. Results were compatible with defensive attribution. Those participants who most closely identified with the victim (females) perceived chance as a contributing factor less often when consequences were severe, and held the victim more responsible for her fate, than did participants who did not identify with the victim (male).

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