Attribution of success and failure revisited, or: The motivational bias is alive and well in attribution theory

Generalized expectancies for internal versus external control of reinforcement.

1966 • 21,432 citations

The psychology of interpersonal relations.

1958 • 12,175 citations

Nebraska Symposium on Motivation: 1955

1957 • 4,104 citations

A new scale for the measurement of interpersonal trust1

1967 • 3,347 citations

Self-serving biases in the attribution of causality: Fact or fiction?

1975 • 2,467 citations

New directions in attribution research

1976 • 1,992 citations

Some problems and misconceptions related to the construct of internal versus external control of reinforcement.

1975 • 1,731 citations

Attribution in social interaction.

1987 • 1,299 citations

New Directions in Attribution Research

2018 • 1,189 citations

Category judgment: A range-frequency model.

1965 • 1,085 citations

Self-serving biases in the attribution process: A reexamination of the fact or fiction question.

1978 • 1,080 citations

CHILDREN'S BELIEFS IN THEIR OWN CONTROL OF REINFORCEMENTS IN INTEUECTUAL-ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT SITUATIONS

1965 • 955 citations

An attributional analysis of achievement motivation.

1970 • 943 citations

Toward An Understanding of Achievement‐Related Conflicts in Women

1972 • 905 citations

Perseverance in self-perception and social perception: Biased attributional processes in the debriefing paradigm.

1975 • 827 citations

Assignment of responsibility for an accident.

1966 • 777 citations

Defensive attribution: Effects of severity and relevance on the responsibility assigned for an accident.

1970 • 770 citations

Perseverance in self-perception and social perception: Biased attributional processes in the debriefing paradigm.

1975 • 701 citations

Perceiving the Causes of Success and Failure

1989 • 645 citations

Judgment of contingency between responses and outcomes.

1965 • 578 citations

Women's self-confidence in achievement settings.

1977 • 556 citations

Attribution of responsibility and valence of success and failure in relation to initial confidence and task performance.

1969 • 504 citations

Causal attributions and other achievement-related cognitions: Effects of task outcome, attainment value, and sex.

1975 • 413 citations

THE CONCEPT OF CORRELATION IN ADULTS

1963 • 370 citations

The Relativism of Absolute Judgments

1968 • 340 citations

The socialization of achievement orientation in females.

1973 • 333 citations

Ego involvement and attributions for success and failure.

1976 • 332 citations

Attributing causes for one's own performance: The effects of sex, norms, and outcome

1977 • 321 citations

Effects of self-esteem, perceived performance, and choice on causal attributions.

1970 • 311 citations

Actors, observers, and the attribution process

1977 • 302 citations

Stated Expectations as Functions of Probability and Desirability of Outcomes

1953 • 282 citations

Attribution of responsibility and valence of outcome in relation to initial confidence and success and failure of self and other.

1971 • 251 citations

Range-frequency compromise in judgment.

1963 • 246 citations

Relationships between causal attributions and expectancy of success.

1973 • 221 citations

Depression and causal attributions for success and failure.

1978 • 212 citations

Effects of cooperation and competition on responsibility attribution after success and failure

1973 • 186 citations

Attributional determinants of achievement-related behavior.

1972 • 184 citations

Egotism and attribution.

1976 • 178 citations

The perception of self and others: Acquaintanceship, affect, and actor-observer differences.

1976 • 169 citations

Causal attributions and information seeking to explain success and failure

1976 • 160 citations

Internal-external control and attribution of responsibility for success and failure 1

1972 • 148 citations

Effect of anticipated performance on the attributions of causality to self and others.

1973 • 146 citations

Effects of conceptual structure, failure, and success on attribution of causality and interpersonal attitudes.

1969 • 146 citations

Causal attributions for success and failure in relation to expectations of success based upon selective or manipulative control

1971 • 145 citations

Effects of students' performance on teachers' and observers' attributions of causality.

1970 • 143 citations

Causal attributions for success and failure.

1975 • 142 citations

Some determinants and consequences of the teacher's perception of causation.

1964 • 140 citations

Causal attributions for success and failure at university examinations.

1973 • 140 citations

Egotism and attribution.

1976 • 139 citations

The perception of self and others: Acquaintanceship, affect, and actor-observer differences.

1976 • 126 citations

Attribution of educational outcomes by professional and nonprofessional instructors.

1974 • 121 citations

Egocentrism in groups: Self-serving biases or logical information processing?

1977 • 108 citations

Achievement motivation for males and females as a determinant of attributions for success and failure

1977 • 106 citations

An Objective Measure of Fear of Success: Construction and Validation

1976 • 105 citations

Children's Beliefs in Their Own Control of Reinforcements in Intellectual-Academic Achievement Situations

1965 • 99 citations

Stability of causal attributions as a mediator in changing expectations for success.

1976 • 98 citations

Facilitation of ego-biased attributions by means of self-serving observer feedback.

1977 • 97 citations

An information-processing approach to attribution of responsibility

1977 • 96 citations

Responsibility attribution in groups and individuals: A direct test of the diffusion of responsibility hypothesis.

1975 • 95 citations

Attributing the causes of group performance: Effects of performance quality, task importance, and future testing¹

1977 • 93 citations

The effects of empathy and outcome on attribution: An examination of the divergent-perspectives hypothesis

1977 • 88 citations

Fear of success and causal attribution for outcome.

1973 • 86 citations

Defensive attribution and the Kelley cube.

1976 • 79 citations

Effect of perceived choice, expected outcome, and observed outcome of an action on the causal attributions of actors

1976 • 78 citations

Focus of attention, self-esteem, and the attribution of causality

1976 • 76 citations

Internal-external control and the attribution of blame under neutral and distractive conditions.

1971 • 72 citations

Evidence for a self‐serving bias in the attribution of causality¹

1977 • 70 citations

Internal versus external attribution of task performance as a function of locus of control, initial confidence and success-failure outcome1

1974 • 69 citations

Teachers' and observers' perceptions of causality for a child's performance.

1973 • 66 citations

Egotism in males and females.

1976 • 65 citations

Sex differences in attributions for sex-typed tasks1

1978 • 61 citations

Redress and conscientiousness in the attribution of responsibility for accidents

1970 • 57 citations

Influence of causal beliefs on affect and expectancy.

1975 • 55 citations

Self-Esteem and Group Performance as Determinants of Egocentric Perceptions in Cooperative Groups

1976 • 53 citations

Personality characteristics and affective reactions toward exams of superior and failing college students.

1970 • 53 citations

Effect of expected and observed outcome of an action on the differential causal attributions of actor and observer1

1974 • 50 citations

Attributional bias and the easily persuaded other.

1974 • 50 citations

Attributions of success and failure for actors and observers

1976 • 43 citations

Causal attributions as a function of locus of control, initial confidence, and performance outcomes.

1975 • 41 citations

Causal attribution in simulated versus real situations: When are people logical, when are they not?

1975 • 36 citations

Sense of personal control and attributions about yielding and resisting persuasion targets.

1976 • 35 citations

Attitude change and responsibility avoidance as modes of dilemma resolution in forced-compliance situations.

1977 • 35 citations

Determinants of the self-attribution of having influenced another person.

1972 • 34 citations

Group Cohesiveness as a Determinant of Egocentric Perceptions in Cooperative Groups

1977 • 33 citations

Defensive externality and attribution of responsibility

1974 • 33 citations

Explaining success or failure as a function of one's locus of control

1974 • 32 citations

Aspirations for the group chosen by central and peripheral members.

1965 • 32 citations

Do people have inflated views of their own ability?

1975 • 30 citations

Defensive externality and blame projection following failure.

1975 • 30 citations

Immediate attributional effects of success and failure in the field: Testing some laboratory hypotheses

1977 • 28 citations

Fear of failure in males: A more salient factor than fear of success in females?

1976 • 28 citations

Causal attribution in simulated versus real situations: When are people logical, when are they not?

1975 • 25 citations

Observer orientation and actor-observer differences in attributions for failure

1977 • 24 citations

The effects of four outcome schedules on persistence, liking for the task, and attributions of causality¹

1971 • 22 citations

Actor and observer perceptions of the learning of a task

1975 • 21 citations

The Effects of Friendship and Outcome on Task Attribution

1977 • 21 citations

The role of social perspective in perceiving the causes of success and failure1

1978 • 21 citations

Achievement motivation, locus of control, and academic achievement behavior1

1976 • 21 citations

Effects of Actor and Observer Roles on Attributions of Causality in Situations of Success and Failure

1973 • 18 citations

Attributing Ability to an Opponent: Public Aggrandizement and Private Denigration

1977 • 18 citations

The effect of stimulus person valence on divergent self-other attributions for success and failure

1976 • 14 citations

The effect of previous actor/observer role experience on attribution of responsibility for failure¹

1975 • 12 citations

Effect of locus of control, expectancy confirmation-disconfirmation, and type of goal on causal attributions of failure

1976 • 11 citations

Problems in the Interpretation of "Self-Serving" Asymmetries in Causal Attribution: Comments on the Stephan et al. Paper

1977 • 11 citations

VALIDATION OF THE MEHRABIAN NEED FOR ACHIEVEMENT SCALE WITH COLLEGE OF EDUCATION STUDENTS

1973 • 11 citations

MOTIVATIONAL INFLUENCE OF BEHAVIORAL DESIRABILITY ON ACTORS' AND OBSERVERS' ATTRIBUTIONS

1976 • 9 citations

Causal attributions for success and failure for psychiatric rehabilitees and college students.

1976 • 9 citations

The role of perceived competence, outcome, and process feedback in the determination of task satisfaction1

1976 • 7 citations

Causal attributions for success and failure for psychiatric rehabilitees and college students.

1976 • 6 citations

Effects of Achievement Motive on Divergent Self-Other Attributions for Success and Failure

1976 • 5 citations