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Luchow, Jed P.; And Others – 1985
The Intellectual Achievement Responsibility Questionnaire, which measures perceived locus of control of academic outcomes, was administered to 28 emotionally handicapped (EH) and 25 learning disabled (LD)/EH children. Between group comparison revealed that EH children took significantly more personal responsibility for academic failure than did…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, Emotional Disturbances, Helplessness
Peer reviewedLuchow, Jed P.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1985
The study involving 28 educationally handicapped (EH) and 25 learning disabled LD/EH children (mean ages 13 and 12 years) included among its results that EH Ss took significantly more personal responsibility for academic failure than did LD/EH Ss; EH Ss attributed success to ability but failure to both lack of ability and lack of effort.…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Attribution Theory, Elementary Secondary Education, Helplessness
