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Pupils' Attributions of Success and Failure.
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Bar-Tal, Daniel; Darom, Efraim – Child Development, 1979
Using an open-ended questionnaire, 236 fifth- and sixth-grade pupils attributed their success or failure on a test given in their classroom to eight different causes. Results indicated that the pupils tended to attribute success mainly to external causes and failure mainly to internal causes. (JMB)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Failure
Task Persistence and Locus of Control in Elementary School Children
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Gordon, Donald A.; And Others – Child Development, 1977
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Elementary School Students
Age Differences in the Dimensions of Perceived Control during Middle Childhood: Implications for Developmental Conceptualizations and Research.
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Skinner, Ellen A. – Child Development, 1990
Assessed children's beliefs about the effectiveness of five causes of school success. At the age of 7-8 years, children differentiated the factors into "unknown" and "other"; at 9-10, "other" was differentiated into "internal" and "external"; at 11-12, "internal" was differentiated into…
Descriptors: Ability, Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Attribution Theory
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Control Boys' Responses to Social Success and Failure.
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Hoza, Betsy; Waschbusch, Daniel A.; Pelham, William E.; Molina, Brooke S. G.; Milich, Richard – Child Development, 2000
Compared behavioral, self-evaluative, and attributional responses of boys with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) to those of typically-developing boys on a social success and failure laboratory task. Found that ADHD boys rated their own performance more favorably than controls, were more likely to attribute success to external…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Attribution Theory, Child Behavior, Childhood Attitudes