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Peer reviewedBradley, Brendan P.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1992
Investigated whether attributions of opiate addicts would predict abstinence and reactions to abstinence violations. Found that addicts who at admission attributed to themselves greater responsibility for negative outcomes and who attributed relapse episodes to more personally controllable factors were subsequently more likely either to be…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Drug Addiction, Drug Rehabilitation, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedMcCauley, Elizabeth; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1988
Examined whether cognitive attributes differentiate depressed children from those with other psychiatric disorders. Findings from 108 child and adolescent psychiatric patients revealed that depressed children endorsed significantly lower self-esteem, more hopelessness, more externalized locus of control, and more depressive attributional style…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attribution Theory, Children, Cognitive Style
Peer reviewedBhatia, Kiran; Golin, Sanford – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1978
Locus of control subjects' incorrect responses by frustrating or nonfrustrating confederates were punished by electric shock. Data indicated increased aggression after frustration by externals and less aggression by internals. Results indicate aggression is cognitively regulated by a personality-related belief in uncontrollability; the less the…
Descriptors: Adults, Aggression, Attribution Theory, Behavior Problems
Peer reviewedO'Connell, Kathleen A.; Martin, Edwin J. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1987
Used classification scheme developed by Marlatt and Gordon (1980) to categorize the highly tempting situations of 596 participants in smoking cessation programs. Relapsers had significantly more situations characterized by withdrawal symptoms and negative affect and fewer situations involving cigarette cues than did temporary lapsers and…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Behavior Patterns, Influences, Locus of Control
Peer reviewedHarackiewicz, Judith M.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1987
Examined the role of attributions in initial and long-term smoking behavior change. Manipulated the externality of treatment. Subjects receiving nicotine gum were superior to the intrinsic self-help group in initial cessation but were inferior in maintaining abstinence. Subjects in the intrinsic self-help group made fewer external attributions for…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Behavior Modification, Locus of Control, Maintenance
Peer reviewedLochman, John E. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1987
Assessed differences in self-perceptions, peer perceptions, and attributions of relative responsibility for aggressive and nonagressive boys. Used semantic differential ratings following brief competitive dyadic discussion, and observer ratings. Perceptual and attributional biases operated in social interactions. Unlike nonaggressive boys,…
Descriptors: Aggression, Attribution Theory, Intermediate Grades, Interpersonal Communication
