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ERIC Number: EJ389967
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Attributions and Emotions Related to Future Goal Attainment.
Zaleski, Zbigniew
Journal of Educational Psychology, v80 n4 p563-68 Dec 1988
Causal ascriptions for anticipated goal attainment and the emotional consequences of such ascriptions were studied in 731 college students answering questionnaires. Internal and external attributions were made for past outcomes. Subjects felt that internal factors accounted more for success, and external, for failure. (SLD)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, College Students, Emotional Response, Failure, Goal Orientation, Higher Education, Locus of Control, Personality, Questionnaires, Student Attitudes, Success
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Causal Inferences; Internal External Social Attributes