Locus of control, causal attributions, and affects in achievement-related contexts.
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement
- Vol. 16 (1) , 57-64
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0080771
Abstract
Four samples of undergraduate students were examined to assess the assumed linkages between causal attributions and affects. Following the theorizing of Weiner, Russell and Lerman, it was anticipated that particular affect clusters would characterize persons differing with regard to their attribution styles (internal vs. external locus of control). Pride and its cognates were more common affective responses among persons who attribute achievement successes to internal causes. Anger and surprise were found more commonly among persons who attribute achievement failures to external causes. The results offered some moderate support for the translation between affects and attributions.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- The multidimensional-multiattributional causality scale: The development of a goal specific locus of control scale.Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement, 1979