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Direct linkKlaczynski, Paul; Daniel, David B.; Keller, Peggy S. – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2008
We explored the hypotheses that adolescents have more negative obesity stereotypes than children and that age differences in obesity stereotypes are mediated by weight attributions, body esteem, and appearance idealization. Hispanic- and Caucasian-American children completed measures of appearance idealization, body esteem, and attributions about…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Ethnicity, Obesity, Females
Peer reviewedKurtz-Costes, Beth E.; Schneider, Wolfgang – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1994
The relationship between academic self-concept and achievement was examined longitudinally for 46 children at ages 8 and 10. A bidirectional relationship operated between self-concept and achievement. Success attributions to ability were positively related to self-concept and achievement but were not a direct predictor of achievement. (SLD)
Descriptors: Ability, Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, Beliefs
Download full textYin, Lai Po – 1999
The longitudinal changes in the causal attributions, academic self-concept, and learning approaches of 549 university students in Hong Kong were studied. Students were enrolled in two different disciplines: language/health studies (n=272) and construction/engineering (n=277). Measurements of causal dimensions, academic self-concept, learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Change, Attribution Theory, Causal Models
Peer reviewedPeterson, Sarah E. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1992
Causal attributions of 96 college students' performance in cooperative group assignments, and students' perceptions of the underlying dimensions of causal attributions (including relationships among performance outcomes, attributional dimensions, and attributional consequences) were examined. Locus of causality was related to affective reactions.…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attribution Theory, Causal Models, College Students
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 reviewedBriere, Nathalie M.; Vallerand, Robert J. – Journal of Social Psychology, 1990
Sixty-two French-Canadian women undergraduates participated in a study analyzing the effects of private self-consciousness on attribution. Shows women with high private self-consciousness, when told they performed well, attributed success to more internal, stable, and controllable factors than other subjects. In no-outcome conditions, no…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Attribution Theory, Causal Models, College Students
Peer reviewedFelson, Richard B. – American Sociologist, 1991
Criticizes the use of blame analysis rather than scientific analysis in sociological studies. Defines blame analysis as an approach to social science that (1) evaluates theories according to the extent that they blame protected groups; (2) equates cause with blame; (3) and rejects theoretical arguments that posit any causal role for the protected…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Battered Women, Causal Models, Evaluation Methods
Whelan, Carol Scott; Teddlie, Charles – 1989
Student socioeconomic status (SES) and the perceptions of students' and teachers' expectations and attributions of responsibility for learning and their relationships to achievement were studied using linear structural equation modeling. Two models were developed and tested. One model included student expectations and attributions of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, Causal Models, Elementary School Students
