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Peer reviewedPittman, N. L.; Pittman, T. S. – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1980
Tested attribution are driven by control motivation and that attributional activity increases following an experience with lack of control. Subjects were given high, low, or no helplessness training and tested for motivational variations. (Author/SS)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, College Students, Helplessness, Locus of Control
