Hamilton and Jordan (2000) Most successful and least successful performances: perceptions of causal attributions in high school track athletes

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Most successful and least successful performances: perceptions of causal attributions in high school track athletes

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CONTRIBUTORS:

	Author:	Hamilton, P. R.
	Author:	Jordan, J. S.

JOURNAL:

Journal of Sport Behavior (JSB), 23(3), 245 - 254.

YEAR:

2000

PUB TYPE:

Journal Article

SUBJECT(S):

boy; secondary-school; adolescent; age-factor; track-and-field; success; failure; attribution; questionnaire; internal-external-control

DISCIPLINE:

No discipline assigned

HTTP:

https://secure.sportquest.com/su.cfm?articleno=S-659273&title=S-659273

LANGUAGE:

English

PUB ID:

103-343-649 (Last edited on 2002/02/27 18:44:14 US/Mountain)

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ABSTRACT:
The purpose of the present study was to examine the causal attributions for most successful and least successful performances made by male high school track athletes in two different age categories. Seventeen seniors and nineteen freshmen were asked to recall the most successful and least successful performances of their track careers and then complete the revised Causal Dimension Scale (CDS-II; McAuley, Rejeski, & Russell, 1985). Level of performance (most successful vs. least successful) and age (freshmen vs. seniors) were the independent variables. The CDS-II measured the athletes' attributions along three dimensions (the dependent variables): stability, locus of causality,a nd controllability. A series of six ANOVA's revealed the following: (a) Subjects attributed outcomes to controllable (vs. uncontrollable) factors, and this controllability was significantly greater in the "best" performance attributions, (b) locus of causality scores were more internal (vs. external) and were significantly more internal in the "best" performance attributions, and (c) subjects attributed outcomes to more stable (vs. unstable) factors and were significantly more stable in the "best" performance attributions. Results from a between-groups ANOVA indicated that freshmen and seniors do not significantly differ from each other in their attribution making. Overall it is seen that male adolescent track athletes attribute outcomes to more controllable, internal, and stable causes when recalling their most successful performance.

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