Obligations, Internalization, and Excuse Making
Integrating the Triangle Model and Self‐Determination Theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19280800 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kennon M Sheldon (0000-0002-9219-832X, University of Missouri), Todd R Schachtman (0000-0003-2312-0323, University of Missouri) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 359-382 |
| Publication date | 2007-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3506 • E-ISSN: 1467-6494 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2006.00442.x |
| PMID | 17359242 |
| OpenAlex | W2033220158 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 25 |
Schlenker's triangle model (Schlenker, Britt, Pennington, Murphy, & Doherty, 1994, Schlenker, Pontari, & Christopher, 2001) identifies three excuses people use to avoid taking responsibility after failure: that one had no control in the situation, that the obligation was unclear, and that it was not really one's obligation. Three retrospective studies tested the presumed negative association between excuse making and responsibility taking. The studies also examined the effects of self-determination theory's concept of motivational internalization (Deci & Ryan, 2000) upon these variables. A complex but replicable pattern emerged, such that responsibility taking and motivational internalization correlated with adaptive outcomes such as future commitment and positive expectancy and excuse making did not. Of particular interest, perceiving that the person levying the obligation internalized motivation predicted responsibility taking, in all three studies. Implications for the triangle model, as well as for theories of maturity and personality development, are considered
Abandonment (legal) · Autonomy · Deci · Excuse · Expectancy theory · Obligation · Personality · Political science · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Law · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.31 |
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| Citation span | 2010 - 2025 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |