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An attributional theory of achievement motivation and emotion
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In this chapter a theory of motivation and emotion developed from an attributional perspective is presented. Before undertaking this central task, it might be beneficial to review the progression of the book. In Chapter 1 it was suggested that causal attributions have been prevalent throughout history and in disparate cultures. Studies reviewed in Chapter 2 revealed a large number of causal ascriptions within motivational domains, and different ascriptions in disparate domains. Yet some attributions, particularly ability and effort in the achievement area, dominate causal thinking. To compare and contrast causes such as ability and effort, their common denominators or shared properties were identified. Three causal dimensions, examined in Chapter 3, are locus, stability, and controllability, with intentionality and globality as other possible causal properties. As documented in Chapter 4, the perceived stability of a cause influences the subjective probability of success following a previous success or failure; causes perceived as enduring increase the certainty that the prior outcome will be repeated in the future. And all the causal dimensions, as well as the outcome of an activity and specific causes, influence the emotions experienced after attainment or nonattainment of a goal. The affects linked to causal dimensions include pride (with locus), hopelessness and resignation (with stability), and anger, gratitude, guilt, pity, and shame (with controllability).
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“Thus, following outcome appraisal, learners attribute their success or failure based on three dimensions: locus of causality (internal vs. external), stability (stable vs. unstable), and controllability (controllable vs. uncontrollable), which are associated with a specific emotion (Weiner, 1985).”
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“Self-esteem (pride) is linked with an internal locus of causality, such as ability, which is stable but uncontrollable.”
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“Outcome appraisal is characterized by a sequence of linking the perceived success or failure with a positive or negative emotion.”
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“Both self-esteem and guilt are intrinsically directed emotions, which may affect learners' motivation through causal attribution and activate adaptive behaviors (Weiner, 1985) for regulation of attention.”
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“Among the implicit strategies, outcome appraisal (Weiner, 1985) is the major implicit activity in this genre.”
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“Guilt is derived from a controllable cause, such as efforts, which are directed inward but are unstable.”
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“Causal attribution, which follows the outcome appraisal, may have implication for university students' regulation of their attention.”
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“By linking the perceived success or failure of attention with a positive or negative emotion, learners are engaged in causal attribution of their attention outcome based on Weiner (1985).”
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“sustaining motivation,4”
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“The result is cynicism towards change since employees do not believe themselves able to affect change outcomes.”
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“According to the self-serving bias, the human operator would likely distort the trust adjustment process to maintain self-esteem, by appreciating the correct recommendation less than they should have done in Pattern 3.”
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“O trabalho de elaboração, revisão e refinamento do instrumento foi baseado na literatura da área (Piccinini, 1989;Ryan & Deci, 2000;Weiner, 1985) e também nos resultados obtidos por meio de um estudo piloto.”
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“Gender differences in response styles may become evident during adolescence and girls are more likely to use ruminative coping and response styles [37], that include repetitive or frequent negative thinking, and internal versus external attribution of negative experiences [38], which can increase the risk of depressive symptoms.”
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“Moral emotions are cognitively multi-faceted (Eisenberg, 2000) and entail complex causal attributions (Weiner, 1985), such as who caused an outcome.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Weiner, B.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Corresponding author
- Weiner, Bernard
- Venue
- Psychological Review
- Published
- 1985
- Volume
- 92
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 548-573
- ISSN
- 0033-295X (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1471
- OpenAlex
- W2018255452
- Cited by
- 7,846
- References
- 126
- Citations by year
- 2026: 505 · 2025: 372 · 2024: 301 · 2023: 373 · 2022: 351 · 2021: 356 · 2020: 324 · 2019: 373 · 2018: 342 · 2017: 321 · 2016: 322 · 2015: 314 · 2014: 326 · 2013: 281 · 2012: 273
- FWCI
- 64.63
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychological Review (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (MH38014)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Psychological Testing and Assessment
- Keywords
- attribution theory, achievement motivation, emotions, causal attribution, controllability, ability attribution, effort attribution, success and failure, pride, hopelessness, resignation, anger, guilt, shame, gratitude, pity, emotion and motivation
- MeSH terms
- Achievement, Anger, Aptitude, Criminal Law, Decision Making, Emotions, Guilt, Helping Behavior, Humans, Internal-External Control, Motivation, Psychological Theory, Shame, Smoking
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