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Peer reviewedHouse, William C. – Journal of Research in Personality, 1976
Two experiments demonstrated interactive effects between locus of control and expectancy confirmation-disconfirmation in determining attribution of failure. (Editor)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Expectation, Experiments, Failure
Peer reviewedReno, Rochelle – Journal of Research in Personality, 1981
Tested and extended Deaux's expectancy model of sex-linked differences in attribution for success. Finding's indicated that female occupational subjects, relative to males, tended to attribute success more to unstable causes of effort and luck. Male subjects attributed success more to the stable causes of ability and task ease. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Adults, Attribution Theory, Comparative Analysis
