Effects of Causal Attributions for Success on First-Term College Performance: A Covariance Structure Model.

Platt, Craig W.

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ERIC Number: EJ389968

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Publication Date: 1988

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Effects of Causal Attributions for Success on First-Term College Performance: A Covariance Structure Model.

Platt, Craig W.

Journal of Educational Psychology, v80 n4 p569-78 Dec 1988

A structural model of the consequences of success attributions--derived from B. Weiner's attribution model--was tested using 208 first-term college students. Although the hypothesized model was rejected based on a chi-square, goodness-of-fit test, a specification search yielded a model that fit the data and was consistent with Weiner's theory. (SLD)

Descriptors: Attribution Theory, College Freshmen, Engineering Education, Higher Education, Locus of Control, Personality, Success

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