Attributional style predicts causes of negative life events on the attributional style questionnaire

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 253-271

  Higgins, N C ^a,b   Hay, Jana L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributional style; Causal attribution; Optimism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; COGNITION; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANADA; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY;

EID: 0038314455     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224540309598444     Document Type: Article

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