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ERIC Number: EJ356344
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Children's Causal Attributions to Self and Other as a Function of Outcome and Task.
Whitehead, George I., III; And Others
Journal of Educational Psychology, v79 n2 p192-94 Jun 1987
Three hypotheses on children's social attributions were tested using children from elementary grades as subjects. The results indicated that children attributed their positive outcomes more to ability, effort, and luck than they did their negative outcomes. This effect did not depend on the person to whom they made attributions. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Ability, Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Attribution Theory, Children, Elementary Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Leisure Time
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Effort; Luck