AFFECT AS A DETERMINANT OF EGOTISM - RESIDUAL EXCITATION AND PERFORMANCE ATTRIBUTIONS
AFFECT AS A DETERMINANT OF EGOTISM - RESIDUAL EXCITATION AND PERFORMANCE ATTRIBUTIONS
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DOI:
10.1037/0022-3514.43.4.702
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
影响因子:
7.6
通讯作者:
STEPHAN, WG
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作者:
GOLLWITZER, PM;EARLE, WB;STEPHAN, WG
Investigated the influence of outcome-related affect on subsequent causal attributions. After working on a social skills test, 66 male college students engaged in physical exercise. Ss were given success or failure feedback on the test 1, 5, or 9 min after the exercise. Excitation transfer theory suggests that the residual arousal from the exercise in the 5-min condition would elevate the positive and negative affective states elicited by success–failure feedback. Thus, increased attributional egotism in the 5-min condition was predicted. Findings show that Ss preferred internal factors to explain success, whereas external factors were blamed for failure. Ego-defensive attributions following failure and ego-enhancing attributions following success were more pronounced in the 5-min condition than in the other conditions. Results support the idea that outcome-related affect mediates egotistical performance attributions.(42 ref)(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)