The phrase "attributed fear" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing fear that is assigned or linked to a specific cause or source, often in psychological or analytical contexts.
Example: "The study revealed that the attributed fear of public speaking often stems from childhood experiences."
Alternatives: "assigned fear" or "ascribed fear".
For example, in January Insight Magazine, owned by Reverend Moon's Washington Times, ran a piece attributing fears of Obama's connection to radical Islam to an anonymous source conducting a "background check".
Anchorage, he said, was picked clean — a circumstance that he attributed to fear of potential gun legislation in Washington.
The child was afraid of her father, and Davidson attributed her fear to the memory of seeing him beat up her mother.
The ninth monthly fall in a row was attributed to fear of an American slowdown, the threat of higher interest rates and the promise of heavier taxes.Industrial production in the euro area increased by 1.8% in August compared with the previous month, thanks to strong activity in Portugal, Luxembourg and Belgium.
Inequitable access to routine immunization in Nigeria has also been attributed to fear and confusion [ 7].
This was attributed to fear of patients dying while waiting to go home.
This in turn was related to a reluctance to prescribe opiates, attributed to fear of addiction and dependence.
(62 198) While most individuals attributed this fear to bad experience during childhood, bad experiences during adulthood might be just as traumatising.
They attributed their fear to post election violence that cut across the country in late 2007 and early 2008, mainly affecting rural areas.
Physician preference for caesarean delivery has varied by country (UK 15-17% [ 7], Australia and New Zealand 11% [ 8], Ireland 7% [ 9]) and is generally attributed to fear of perineal trauma [ 8].
