When does feedback about success at school hurt? The role of causal attributions

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 259-272

  Hareli, Shlomo ^a   Hess, Ursula ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anger, shame, guilt; Attribution theory; Hurt feeling; Peer feedback; Success at school

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349090742     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-008-9059-x     Document Type: Article

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