Hostile Attribution Bias Modification
Hostile Attribution Bias Modification
A distinct cognitive-modification lineage visible at EFCAP 2026. It must remain separate from attention-bias modification.
2026 study nodes
Mechanism target
Hostile attribution bias (HAB): a tendency to interpret ambiguous social actions as hostile or intentionally harmful.
Downstream constructs appearing in the 2026 programme
- aggression;
- emotion regulation;
- angry rumination;
- narcissism.
These constructs are not interchangeable and should not be collapsed into a single antisocial outcome field.
Evidence status
Conference-stage. Public EFCAP pages verify titles and authors but do not expose results-bearing abstracts. No matching peer-reviewed outcome paper was located in the v0.3.4 audit.
Current conclusion
The lineage demonstrates active intervention development, not yet publicly verifiable efficacy for the named outcomes.
