An Individual Differences Measure of Attributions That Affect Achievement Behavior

Attributing a negative achievement outcome (e.g., failing a test) to causes that are personally uncontrollable and stable elicits a low expectancy of future success, feelings of hopelessness in that domain, and reduced behavioral efforts to succeed. Thus, a tendency to make such attributions (i.e.,...

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Main Authors: N. C. Higgins, Mitchell R. P. LaPointe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2012-12-01
Series:SAGE Open
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244012470110