Social Attributions of Students With Learning Disabilities
- 1 December 1993
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Exceptionality
- Vol. 4 (4) , 229-243
- https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327035ex0404_2
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the social attributions of students with learning disabilities (LD) compared to those of nonlearning-disabled (NLD) low- achieving (LA) and average-achieving (AA) students. Ninety-two subjects partici- pated in the study; 32 students with LD and two matched control groups that consisted of 29 LA and 33 AA students. The results indicated that students with LD were likely to exhibit different social attribution patterns than did their NLD peers. They displayed a greater tendency to use external factors in explaining their social successes and failures, while attributing their successes to internal factors, than did LA and AA students. LA and AA students, conversely, were more likely to use interactional explanations of social events.Keywords
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