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Download full textPanzarella-Tse, Catherine; Mc Mahon, Pamela M. – 1991
Many theories have been proposed to explain the blaming the victim phenomena and to predict who is most likely to engage in this behavior. This study hypothesized that since behavioral blame of a victim is self-protective for an observer, this type of blaming will be evidenced more by those who are personally and situationally similar to the…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Behavior, Causal Models, Personality
Beyer, Sylvia – 1997
This study investigated gender differences in causal attributions and emotions to success and failure. A literature review on gender differences in causal attributions revealed inconsistencies. For the present study, college students (N=247) filled out questionnaires and were also asked to imagine varying degrees of success in college courses. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Attribution Theory, Causal Models
Kloosterman, Peter – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1991
This study highlights the correlation between seventh grade students' (n=429) beliefs about how mathematics is learned and their achievement in mathematics. Results from structural relation modeling indicate that, when beliefs are considered as a single construct, the relationship between beliefs and achievement is much stronger than when beliefs…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Causal Models, Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 7
Randhawa, Bikkar S.; And Others – 1992
Previous research has provided support for the mediating role of self-efficacy between independent attitude variables and dependent performance measures. However the existence of a confirmatory model, that can be generalized over both males' and females' measures of attitudes, perceived self-efficacy, and achievement levels, has not yet been…
Descriptors: Algebra, Attribution Theory, Causal Models, Grade 12
Hudley-Paul, Cynthia A. – 1990
Two studies investigate causal attributions among minority adolescents. The first investigates attributions for the emotions of anger, pride, and guilt among 26 incarcerated male adolescents. Relatively few causes are found for anger and guilt, and a larger variety of causes are cited for pride. A follow-up study then compares causal attributions…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Anger, At Risk Persons, Attribution Theory
Peer reviewedLeung, Jupian J.; And Others – Educational Research Quarterly, 1996
A sample of 333 8th, 10th, and 12th graders completed a questionnaire measuring their academic motivational orientations through items investigating perceptions of causal attributions and actual causal attributions. Results show a number of gender differences, with girls more likely to attribute failure to lack of ability and lack of effort. (SLD)
Descriptors: Ability, Achievement Need, Attribution Theory, Causal Models
