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ERIC Number: EJ324684
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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An Attributional Theory of Achievement Motivation and Emotion.
Weiner, Bernard
Psychological Review, v92 n4 p548-73 Oct 1985
This article advances an attributional theory of motivation and emotion, with achievement strivings as the theoretical focus. Causes of success and failure share three common properties: locus, stability, and controllability. Stability of causes influences changes in expectancy of success. Expectancy and affect guide motivated behavior. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Achievement, Affective Behavior, Attribution Theory, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Development, Emotional Response, Expectation, Higher Education, Influences, Locus of Control, Motivation, Performance Factors, Psychological Studies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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