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Etaugh, Claire; And Others – 1980
The purpose of this study was to clarify the age of emergence of differential attributions for the success and failure of girls and boys on feminine and masculine tasks. Subjects were 192 children attending either preschool or third grade. From this group 6 boys and 6 girls from each grade level were randomly assigned to one of eight conditions…
Descriptors: Ability, Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Difficulty Level
Download full textShucard, Sharon B.; Hillman, Stephen B. – 1990
This study investigated the cognitive styles, attributions, and self-evaluations of 40 gifted girls and 40 gifted boys, grades 6 through 8. Informational attributional ratings for task difficulty, luck, ability, and effort were studied in the context of: (1) an individual non-competitive goal structure; (2) a competitive goal structure; (3)…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Attribution Theory, Cognitive Style, Competition
Peer reviewedGilbert, Melissa C. – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1996
A culturally and economically diverse group of 361 urban seventh graders rated their perceptions for liking and difficulty of core academic subjects and their attributions for mathematics test performance. Results suggest that boys and girls are not significantly different in their perceptions and in their attributions for lack of success. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Attribution Theory, Difficulty Level
