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Peer reviewedFincham, Frank D.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1989
Attributions of 40 wives accounted for variance in their marital satisfaction after effects of depression had been taken into account. Second study compared attributions of 20 clinically depressed and maritally distressed wives, 20 nondepressed but distressed wives, and 20 nondepressed, nondistressed wives. Findings suggest that association…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Depression (Psychology), Females, Marital Satisfaction
Download full textFincham, Frank D.; Beach, Stephen R. – 1986
Cognitive factors have been shown to play an important role in marital distress. To examine the importance of the self-other distinction for understanding the impact of attributions on marital satisfaction, two studies were conducted. In the first study, causal attributions for naturally occurring behavior by the self and spouse were investigated…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Marital Instability, Marital Satisfaction, Marriage Counseling
Fincham, Frank D.; Roberts, Caton – 1984
Although an event is normally perceived and understood in terms of its location within a temporally ordered network of interconnected causes and effects, there is little data regarding the principles people use in tracing causality for an outcome through immediate, proximal events to prior, distal events. To investigate: (1) the conditions under…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Attribution Theory, Cognitive Ability, College Students
Peer reviewedFincham, Frank D.; Bradbury, Thomas N. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1989
Conducted two studies to investigate marital satisfaction and egocentric bias in spouses' perceived contributions to activities in marriage. Results from 40 spouses indicated that spouses claimed to make greater contributions to negative relationships events than their partners attributed to them. Results from 50 spouses replicated findings.…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Locus of Control, Marital Satisfaction, Self Concept
Peer reviewedMacKinnon-Lewis, Carol; Castellino, Domini R.; Brody, Gene H.; Fincham, Frank D. – Social Development, 2001
Investigated concurrent and longitudinal relations between attributions and negative behavioral interactions between 177 fathers and young adolescents. Found that children's attributions about father played a significant role in negative interactions within and across time. Father's earlier negative interactions with their children predicted…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Aggression, Attribution Theory, Early Adolescents
Peer reviewedHorneffer, Karen J.; Fincham, Frank D. – Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1996
Compares attributional models presented in depression and marital literatures by examining simultaneously their prediction of depressive symptoms and marital distress with 150 married couples. Findings show that a model including paths from depressogenic and distress-maintaining marital attributions to both depressive symptoms and marital distress…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Attribution Theory, Depression (Psychology), Goodness of Fit
