Causal Attributions of Learning Disabled Children: Individual Differences and Their Implications for Persistence.

Licht, Barbara G.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ316174

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Publication Date: 1985

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Causal Attributions of Learning Disabled Children: Individual Differences and Their Implications for Persistence.

Licht, Barbara G.; And Others

Journal of Educational Psychology, v77 n2 p208-16 Apr 1985

This study compared the causal attribution by sex for academic failures of 38 learning disabled and 38 nondisabled elementary school students. The relationship between different attributional tendencies and a reading persistence task were also examined. (BS)

Descriptors: Academic Failure, Attribution Theory, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Individual Differences, Individual Testing, Learning Disabilities, Locus of Control, Persistence, Reading Achievement, Sex Differences

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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