The purpose of this study is to investigate the relation of causal attribution to academic achievement and self-concept. Background of the study is shavelson' self-concept theory and weiner's causal attribution theory.
In shavelson' self-concept mode...
The purpose of this study is to investigate the relation of causal attribution to academic achievement and self-concept. Background of the study is shavelson' self-concept theory and weiner's causal attribution theory.
In shavelson' self-concept model, a general facet at apex of the self-concept hierarchy is divided into academic and nonacademic self-concept. In particular subject area and nonacademic self-concept is divided into social, emotional, and physical self-concepts.
In weiner's causal attribution theory, import attributional factors are ability, effort, task difficulty and luck. The difference self-concept in accordance with the difference of causal attribution to academic achievement.
In conclusion, positive self-concept students more attribute success academic achievement their internal abilities and efforts than negative self-concept students however, negative self-concept students more attribute to their task difficulty and luck than positive self-concept students.
Positive self-concept students more attribute their failure academic achievement to their internal an unstable efforts than negative self-concept students, however negative self-concept students more attribute their failure academic achievement to their internal and stable ability than positive self-concept. In this study, effort factor was the main attribution factor in both of success and failure academic.