Is There Causality in Causal Attributions?.

Omelich, Carol L.; Covington, Martin V.

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ERIC Number: ED145299

Record Type: RIE

Publication Date: 1977-Apr

Pages: 12

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Is There Causality in Causal Attributions?

Omelich, Carol L.; Covington, Martin V.

Do success-oriented and failure-avoidant students differ in their performance because of differential attributions? Path analysis, which permits the evaluation of causal assumptions in well-specified theories, was employed to test the adequacy of the causal linkages in the attributional model of achievement behavior. Thus, although differences in attributions exist, they are not causally important. (Author)

Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Failure, Attribution Theory, Cognitive Processes, Goal Orientation, Higher Education, Learning Motivation, Models, Motivation, Performance Factors, Psychological Needs, Research Projects

Publication Type: Reports - Research

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Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Psychological Association (Seattle, Washington, April 1977)