Attributional styles and academic achievement in university students: A longitudinal investigation

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 309-315

  Gibb, Brandon E ^a   Zhu, Lin ^a   Alloy, Lauren B ^a   Abramson, Lyn Y ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

academic achievement; attributional style; GPA

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER; COGNITION; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 9244220670     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016072810255     Document Type: Article

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