Achievement Motivation and Attributions for Success and Failure

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ID13665114
AuthorsStephen Powers (Tucson Unified School District, corresponding author), Peggy Douglas (0009-0007-5438-386X, University of Arizona), Brent A Cool (University of Arizona), Kenneth F Gose (University of Arizona)
Year1985
Volume57
Issue3
Pages751-754
Publication date1985-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1985.57.3.751
OpenAlexW2006466413
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited6

The relationships of attributions for success and failure with achievement motivation were investigated in 110 academically talented high school students. Subjects were administered the Mathematics Attribution Scale and measures of self-esteem, anxiety, and achievement motivation. Attributions of success to effort were correlated .42 with achievement motivation, and attributions of failure to lack of effort were correlated -.22 with achievement motivation. First-order partial correlations between attributions and achievement motivation controlling for self-esteem and anxiety did not differ from the zero-order correlations

Academic achievement · Anxiety · Attribution · Developmental psychology · Fear of failure · Need for achievement · Scale (ratio · Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports · Psychology · Social Psychology

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