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Download full textFullin, 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
Peer reviewedWeisz, John R.; Stipek, Deborah J. – Human Development, 1982
Surveys 33 developmental studies using 12 different locus of control scales in the effort to learn how perceived internal control changes with age. A few studies show developmental declines in perceived control, about half show consistent developmental increases, and about half show mixed results or no significant developmental differences.…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Adolescents, Children, Competence
