ERIC Number: EJ1201106
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Oct
Pages: 31
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ISSN: ISSN-0272-930X
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Adolescents' Domain-Specific Self-Concepts of Ability Predict Their Domain-Specific Causal Attributions: A Longitudinal Study
Clem, Anna-Leena; Aunola, Kaisa; Hirvonen, Riika; Määttä, Sami; Nurmi, Jari-Erik; Kiuru, Noona
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, v64 n4 Article 5 p539-569 Oct 2018
This study investigated longitudinal associations between mathematics- and literacy-related causal attributions and self-concepts of ability among Finnish adolescents (N = 237). Questionnaires were administered to adolescents in Grades 7 and 9 to obtain information on their causal attributions and self-concepts of ability. The results showed that adolescents attributed their successes and failures in a self-consistent way. Specifically, self-concepts of ability predicted subsequent causal attributions in both school subjects. In mathematics, a higher self-concept of ability contributed to more self-enhancing and self-protective attributions. However, in both school subjects, a lower self-concept of ability contributed to more maladaptive attributions.
Descriptors: Adolescents, Self Concept, Attribution Theory, Longitudinal Studies, Mathematics, Literacy, Grade 7, Grade 9, Foreign Countries, Academic Ability
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 7; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Elementary Education; Secondary Education; Grade 9; High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Finland
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