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Perceived And Actual Sex Differences In Attributional Style For Affiliative Behavior, Gretchen A. Brown
Perceived And Actual Sex Differences In Attributional Style For Affiliative Behavior, Gretchen A. Brown
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The objectives of this thesis were threefold: (1) to review the concept of attributional style, (2) to demonstrate its applicability to affiliative behavior, and (3) to document the existence of actual and perceived sex differences in attributional style for affiliative behavior. To fulfill the first two objectives the development of attributional theory was traced from the Abramson, Seligman, and Teasdale (1978) presentation of the reformulated learned helplessness model through Weiner's (1979) examination of attributional style as a motivational feature of achievement behavior to the application of attribution theory to affiliative behavior. To fulfill the third objective the evidence detailing the …