Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ237210
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980-Sep
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Deprivation of Control and the Attribution Process.
Pittman, N. L.; Pittman, T. S.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, v39 n3 p377-89 Sep 1980
Tested attribution are driven by control motivation and that attributional activity increases following an experience with lack of control. Subjects were given high, low, or no helplessness training and tested for motivational variations. (Author/SS)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, College Students, Helplessness, Locus of Control, Motivation, Social Cognition
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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