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defensive attribution: a standalone construct

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Legal psychology

assigning responsibility for an accident in a way that protects oneself, shaped by how similar one feels to the people involved.

In legal psychology, defensive attribution refers to assigning responsibility for an accident in a way that protects oneself, shaped by how similar one feels to the people involved. This meaning comes from Shaver (1970) in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.[1]

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References

Shaver, K. G. (1970). Defensive attribution: Effects of severity and relevance on the responsibility assigned for an accident. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 14(2), 101-113. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0028777

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