Attribution Retraining for Self-Related Cognitions among Women

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ID15413625
AuthorsAlbert Ziegler (0000-0002-2122-0673, corresponding author), Kurt Α Heller
Year1997
Volume12
Issue1
Pages36-41
Publication date1997-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGifted and Talented International (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1533-2276 • E-ISSN: 2470-9565
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15332276.1997.11672864
OpenAlexW2510440118
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited6

A series of studies with gifted males and females in Europe, North America, Israel, and China shows consistent differences favoring males in the fields of mathematics and the natural sciences. We consider the improvement of female attribution styles to be a good starting point for intervention. Women typically attribute their success in mathematical-scientific areas to effort, or externalize it to luck or low task difficulty. Conversely, they attribute their failures to lack of ability. Men, on the other hand, infer ability from their success and blame lack of effort or external factors, such as bad luck, when failing. The most important aim of the attributional retraining we developed is the enhancement of a realistic self-concept. This retraining is based on two underlying strategies: (a) the presentation of suitable covariative information and (b) the attribution of success to ability and the attribution of failure to lack-of-effort

Attribution · Blame · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Intervention (counseling · Luck · Natural (archaeology · Political science · Retraining · Task (project management · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness · Engineering · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports · Psychology · Social Psychology

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