Attributional (explanatory) thinking about failure in new achievement settings

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 459-475

  Perry, Raymond P ^a   Stupnisky, Robert H ^a   Daniels, Lia M ^b   Haynes, Tara L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Achievement emotions; Achievement motivation; Attribution theory; Causal attributions

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149263094     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03172753     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Brandstatter, H., & Farthofer, A. (2003). Einfluss von Erwerbstatigkeit auf den Studienerfolg [Influence of part-time work on university students' academic performance]. Zeitschrift fur Arbeits und Organisationspsychologie, 47(3), 134-145.
2. Boone, C., van Olffen, W., & Roijakkers, N. (2004). Selection on the road to a career: Evidence of personality sorting in educational choice. Journal of Career Development, 31(1), 61-78.
3. Choy, S.P. (2002). Access & persistence: Findings from 10 Years of longitudinal research on students. American Council on Education, Washington, DC.
4. Cohen, J. (1988). Statistical power analysis for the behavioral sciences. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
5. Dekkers, H., CIaassen, A., & Portengen, R. (2001). Drop-outs per definitie kansloos? Een onderzoek naar het perspectief van zeer voortijdig schoolverlaters [Dropouts - disadvantaged by definition? A study of the prospects of very early school leavers]. Pedagogische Studien, 78(3), 184-196.
6. Elkins, S.A., Braxton, J.M., & James, G.W. (2000). Tinto's separation stage and its influence on first semester college student persistence. Research in Higher Education, 41(2), 251-268.
7. Fiori, K.L., Antonucci, T.C., & Cortina, K.S. (2006). Social network typologies and mental health among older adults. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological and Social Sciences, 61B(1), 25-32.
8. Forsterling, F. (1985). Attributional retraining: A review. Psychological Bulletin, 98, 495-512.
9. Garber, J., & Seligman, M. (Eds.). (1980). Human helplessness: Theory and applications. New York: Academic Press.
10. Glass, D.C., & Singer, J. (1971). Urban stress. New York: Academic Press.
11. Horn, L. (1998). Stopouts or stayouts: Undergraduates who leave college in their first year. [(NCES 1999-087) ed.] US Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, US Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.
12. HIS: Hochschul-Informations-System (2005, February). Studienabbruchstudie 2005: Die Studienabbrecherquoten in den Fächergruppen und Studienbereichen der Universitäten und Fachhochschulen (Al/2005). Hannover, Germany: Author.
13. Huberty, C.J., Jordan, E.M., & Brandt, W.C. (2005). Cluster analysis in higher education research. In J.C. Smart (Ed.), Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research (vol. 20, pp. 437-457). Netherlands: Springer.
14. Luyten, H., Bosker, R., Dekkers, H., & Derks, A. (2003). Dropout in the lower tracks of Dutch secondary education: Predictor variables and variation among schools. School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 14(4), 373-411.
15. OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (1998). Redefining Tertiary Education. Paris, France: Author.
16. OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2002). Education at a Glance 2002. Paris, France: Author.
17. Perry, R.P. (2003). Perceived (academic) control and causal thinking in achievement settings: Markers and mediators. Canadian Psychologist, 44(4), 312-331.
18. Perry, R.P., & Hall, N.C. (2008). Attributional retraining. In E.M. Anderman & L.H. Anderman (Eds.), Psychology of classroom learning: An encyclopedia. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale (in press).
19. Perry, R.P., Hall, N.C., & Ruthig, J.C. (2005). Perceived (academic) control and scholastic attainment in higher education. In J.C. Smart (Ed.), Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research (vol. 20, pp. 363-436), The Netherlands: Springer.
20. Perry, R.P., Hechter, F.J., Menec, V.H., & Weinberg, L.E. (1993). Enhancing achievement motivation and performance in college students: An attributional retraining perspective. Research in Higher Education, 34, 687-723.
21. Perry, R.P., Hladkyj, S., Pekrun, R.H., & Pelletier, S.T. (2001). Academic control and action control in the achievement of college students: A longitudinal field study. Journal of Educational Psychology, 93(4), 776-789.
22. Skinner, E.A. (1996). A guide to constructs of control. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 71, 549-570.
23. U.S. Library of Congress, Federal Research Division (1995). Germany: A country study. Washington, DC: Author.
24. van Overwalle, F. (1989). Structure of freshmen's causal attributions for exam performance. Journal of Educational Psychology, 81, 400-407.
25. van Overwalle, F., Mervielde, I., & De Schuyter, J. (1995). Structural modeling of the relationships between attributional dimensions, emotions, and performance of college freshmen. Cognition and Emotion, 9, 59-85.
26. van Overwalle, F., Segebarth, K., & Goldstein, M. (1989). Improving performance of freshman through attributional testimonies from fellow students. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 59, 75-85.
27. Weiner, B. (1972). Theories of motivation: From mechanism to cognition. Markham Publishers.
28. Weiner, B. (1974). Motivational psychology and educational research. Educational Psychologist, 11(2), 96-101.
29. Weiner, B. (1983). Some methodological pitfalls in attributional research. Journal of Educational Research, 75, 530-543.
30. Weiner, B. (1985). An attributional theory of achievement motivation and emotion. Psychological Review, 92, 548-573.
31. Weiner, B. (1988). Attribution theory and attributional therapy: Some theoretical observations and suggestions. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 27, 93-104.
32. Weiner, B. (1995). Judgements of responsibility: A foundation for a theory of social conduct. New York: Guildford Press.
33. Weiner, B. (2006). Social motivation, justice, and the moral emotions: An attributional approach. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
34. Weiner, B., & Kukla, A. (1970). An attributional analysis of achievement motivation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 15(1), 1-20.
35. Weiner, B., Amirkhan, J., Folkes, V.S., & Verette J.A. (1987). An attributional analysis of excuse giving: Studies of a naïve theory of emotion. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 52, 316-324.
36. Wilson, T.D., Damiani, M., & Shelton, N. (2002). Improving the academic performance of college students with brief attributional interventions. In J. Aronson (Ed.), Improving academic achievement: Impact of psychological factors on education (pp. 89-108). San Diego, CA, US: Academic Press.
37. Zaffran, J. (2004). Quitter, ecourter, prolonger l'école les determinants du projet scolaire au college [Leaving school: Leaving early and staying on personal school project decisions during secondary school]. Orientation Scolaire et Professionnelle, 33(1), 125-140.