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external attribution

external attribution External attribution is explaining an event or outcome as caused by factors outside oneself.

External attribution is explaining an event or outcome as caused by factors outside oneself. In the context of self-serving bias, people tend to make external attributions for negative events to help protect a positive self-concept.

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Drafting source: Wang Yifan; Zheng Li; Wang Chenggong; Guo Xiuyan. Attenuated self-serving bias in people with internet gaming disorder is related to altered neural activity in subcortical-cortical midline structures. 2020; DOI 10.1186/s12888-020-02914-4; article XML SHA-256 97b067df82c62548bca889a6a872009700c56fd7d496555340b57c8f558b9c05. “Attenuated self-serving bias in people with internet gaming disorder is related to altered neural activity in subcortical-cortical midline structures” (10.1186/s12888-020-02914-4).
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