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Value of College Education Mediating the Predictive Effects of Causal Attributions on Academic Success
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Dong, Ying; Stupnisky, Robert H.; Obade, Masela; Gerszewski, Tammy; Ruthig, Joelle C. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2015
Causal attributions (explanations for outcomes) have been found to predict college students' academic success; however, not all students attributing success or failure to adaptive (i.e., controllable) causes perform well in university. Eccles et al.'s ("Achievement and achievement motives." W.H. Freeman, San Francisco, pp 75-145, 1983)…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Academic Achievement, Success, College Students