EJ324684 TM510806
Title: An Attributional Theory of Achievement Motivation and Emotion.Author(s): Weiner, Bernard
Source: Psychological Review, v92 n4 p548-73 Oct 1985
Publication Date: 1985
Language: English
Document Type: Information Analysis (070); Journal articles (080)
Journal Announcement: CIJJAN1986
This article
advances an attributional theory of motivation and emotion, with
achievement strivings as the theoretical focus. Causes of success
and failure share three common properties: locus, stability, and
controllability. Stability of causes influences changes in expectancy
of success. Expectancy and affect guide motivated behavior. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: *Achievement; Affective Behavior; *Attribution Theory;
Elementary Secondary Education; *Emotional Development; *Emotional
Response; Expectation; Higher Education; Influences; Locus of Control;
*Motivation; Performance Factors; Psychological Studies
