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O'Donnell, Susan L.; Chang, Kelly B.; Miller, Kristen S. – College Student Journal, 2013
Research suggests that a personal sense of autonomy supports individuals' success in a variety of domains, but information regarding these processes remains unclear. This paper attempts to establish a link between personal autonomy and cognitive processes, in the form of attributions for success and failure, in establishing a sense of subjective…
Descriptors: College Students, Psychological Patterns, Personal Autonomy, Attribution Theory
Sinkavich, Frank J. – 1991
The relationships between classroom performance and five possible predictor variables were studied. The ways in which these variables relate to performance in a classroom learning situation were examined, with the hypothesis that attributional style and motivation would be the best predictors of classroom performance. The variables were: (1)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Attribution Theory, Classroom Techniques