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- The study examines the hostile attribution bias (HAB) and biased gaze perception in violent adolescent offenders, focusing on how they perceive faces with varying gaze directions and emotional expressions.
- Results indicate that happy faces were more often seen as directed at the participants compared to negative expressions, particularly at specific angles (2° and 6°).
- The research highlights that while emotion plays a role in gaze perception, hostility does not affect the way offenders interpret negative expressions in a self-referential context.
Article Abstract
To date, we have frugal knowledge about the hostile attribution bias (HAB) and the biased gaze perception in violent adolescent offenders. This however is a major contributing factor in understanding delinquent behavior. Using a computer-based approach, presenting faces modulated in gaze direction (0°, 2°, 4°, 6°, 8°) and valence (angry, fearful, happy, neutral), the present study examined the impact of HAB of the feeling of being stared at in a sample of 27 adolescent offenders (aged 17-24 years). The study was conducted institution-intern in the Department for Social Therapy of a German correctional facility. Results showed that in comparison with faces with negative expressions, happy faces were more likely to be perceived as self-directed. Interestingly, emotion showed significant influence of the gaze perception in only two viewing angles (2° and 6°), revealing the role of the facial expression in highly ambiguous conditions. Furthermore, hostility did not modulate the relationship between the self-referential gaze perception and (negative) facial expression. Possible frameworks and limitations of the study are discussed.
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