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Hwang, Jihyun – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2019
The purpose of this research is to gather empirical evidence for attribution theory (Weiner in J Educ Psychol 71(1):3-25. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0663.71.1.3, 1979) to explain students' feelings of helplessness when learning mathematics. The relationships between mathematics literacy in PISA 2012 and learned helplessness were also observed.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, Secondary School Students, International Assessment
Casserly, Ann Marie – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2013
This paper reports on a four-year research project examining the experiences of children with dyslexia in mainstream schools and reading schools/classes. The focus of this paper is on the socio-emotional effects of dyslexia on a group of children attending a reading school/class for a specific duration before returning to mainstream. The findings…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Foreign Countries, Reading Instruction, Special Education

Pittman, N. L.; Pittman, T. S. – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1980
Tested attribution are driven by control motivation and that attributional activity increases following an experience with lack of control. Subjects were given high, low, or no helplessness training and tested for motivational variations. (Author/SS)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, College Students, Helplessness, Locus of Control
Luchow, Jed P.; And Others – 1985
The Intellectual Achievement Responsibility Questionnaire, which measures perceived locus of control of academic outcomes, was administered to 28 emotionally handicapped (EH) and 25 learning disabled (LD)/EH children. Between group comparison revealed that EH children took significantly more personal responsibility for academic failure than did…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, Emotional Disturbances, Helplessness
Walters, Elizabeth; And Others – 1983
The paper examines research on locus of control, learned helplessness, and attribution theory, and discusses the implications of the mentally retarded child's attitudes toward his or her successes. Studies are cited linking internal locus of control with achievement, and it is suggested that more attention should be paid to promoting students'…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Elementary Secondary Education, Helplessness, Locus of Control

Perry, Raymond P.; Dickens, Wenda J. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1984
Following an incentive (low, high) manipulation, college students received response-outcome contingency training. All students then observed a lecture. Postlecture results indicated that the high- compared to the low-expressive lecturer increased achievement and internal locus in contingent but not noncontingent students for low-incentive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, Helplessness, Higher Education

Grimes, Lynn – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1981
The article explores attribution theory and the concept of learned helplessness in teaching learning disabled individuals. Suggestions are given for areas of future research with learning disabled populations. The discussion includes current teaching techniques which may be related to the self regulatory behaviors and perception of personal…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Helplessness, Learning Disabilities, Literature Reviews
Soraci, Sal A., Jr.; And Others – 1986
Research has shown that learned-helpless children, who make attributions for failure to lack of ability, tend to show impaired performance of decreased persistence in the face of challenge. In similar situations, mastery-oriented children, identified by their tendency to attribute failure to insufficient effort, show improved performance or…
Descriptors: Attention Span, Attribution Theory, Competence, Helplessness

Feinberg, Richard A.; And Others – Social Behavior and Personality, 1982
Two experiments investigated the relationship between the magnitude of motivation for control over the environment and tendency to derogate victims. Manipulated situational controllability and uncontrollability within a learned helplessness procedure and assessed derogation of a victimized stranger. Results indicated that motivation and need for…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Beliefs, College Students, Expectation

Kee, Tony Tam Shui – Early Child Development and Care, 2001
Argues that little research has been directed toward exploring cognitive variables that characterize students with poor school attendance. Presents the findings of a pilot study that compared a small sample of truants and non-truants on locus of control and attributional style. Finds that attributional style is a significant factor in explaining…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Adolescents, Attendance, Attendance Patterns
Fullin, Christine; Mills, Brett D. – 1995
This paper reviews the development of attribution theory as it relates to sport from Fritz Heider's original model of attribution theory in 1958 to the present. The original model explains that individuals use four attribution factors to interpret and predict the outcome of an event--ability, effort, task difficulty, and luck. Bernard Weiner built…
Descriptors: Athletics, Attribution Theory, Helplessness, Higher Education
Banks, L. Morgan, III; Goggin, William C. – 1983
Both external locus of control (i.e., a generalized expectancy that reinforcement is controlled by luck or fate instead of oneself) and internal locus of attribution (i.e., beliefs that success or failure result from an individual's actions rather than external causes) have been related to depression. To examine the relationship of attributions…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, College Students, Congruence (Psychology), Depression (Psychology)
Bauer, Allison – 1987
This study investigated the reformulated theory of learned helplessness, centering around attributional style in the cause of cognitive and emotional deficits. Subjects (N=58) were undergraduate and graduate psychology students at the University of Alabama at Huntsville. Subjects were divided into an experimental group (N=30) who received…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Cognitive Style, College Students, Depression (Psychology)

Luchow, Jed P.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1985
The study involving 28 educationally handicapped (EH) and 25 learning disabled LD/EH children (mean ages 13 and 12 years) included among its results that EH Ss took significantly more personal responsibility for academic failure than did LD/EH Ss; EH Ss attributed success to ability but failure to both lack of ability and lack of effort.…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Attribution Theory, Elementary Secondary Education, Helplessness

Kearney, Maureen J.; Kearney, James F. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1983
Investigated sex differences on the Adult Nowicki-Strickland Internal-External Control Scale using factor analysis of student scores (N=194). Three factors emerged for females and five for males. Comparison with other studies shows item consistency on the first two factors which were the same for both sexes. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, College Students, Factor Analysis, Helplessness