Relations among Autonomy, Attribution Style, and Happiness in College Students
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| Title: | Relations among Autonomy, Attribution Style, and Happiness in College Students |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | O'Donnell, Susan L., Chang, Kelly B., Miller, Kristen S. |
| Source: | College Student Journal. Mar 2013 47(1):228-234. |
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| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 7 |
| Publication Date: | 2013 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | College Students, Psychological Patterns, Personal Autonomy, Attribution Theory, Cognitive Processes, Correlation, Well Being, Student Attitudes, Questionnaires, Measures (Individuals), Regression (Statistics) |
| Assessment and Survey Identifiers: | Attribution Style Questionnaire |
| ISSN: | 0146-3934 |
| Abstract: | Research suggests that a personal sense of autonomy supports individuals' success in a variety of domains, but information regarding these processes remains unclear. This paper attempts to establish a link between personal autonomy and cognitive processes, in the form of attributions for success and failure, in establishing a sense of subjective well-being, or happiness. One hundred and forty-one, primarily white (57%), college students (69% female) ranging in age from 17-27 ("M" = 18.8) responded to a series of questionnaires. Using bootstrapping analysis, autonomy was revealed to mediate attribution styles related to happiness, "CI" = 0.05-0.31; the reverse was also true, "CI" = 0.14-0.86, suggesting that these two processes are bidirectional. It may be that happiness relies, at least in part, on both a sense of control and a positive explanatory style for events in one's life. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 41 |
| Entry Date: | 2014 |
| Access URL: | https://www.projectinnovation.biz/csj_2006.html |
| Accession Number: | EJ1022205 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | Research suggests that a personal sense of autonomy supports individuals' success in a variety of domains, but information regarding these processes remains unclear. This paper attempts to establish a link between personal autonomy and cognitive processes, in the form of attributions for success and failure, in establishing a sense of subjective well-being, or happiness. One hundred and forty-one, primarily white (57%), college students (69% female) ranging in age from 17-27 ("M" = 18.8) responded to a series of questionnaires. Using bootstrapping analysis, autonomy was revealed to mediate attribution styles related to happiness, "CI" = 0.05-0.31; the reverse was also true, "CI" = 0.14-0.86, suggesting that these two processes are bidirectional. It may be that happiness relies, at least in part, on both a sense of control and a positive explanatory style for events in one's life. |
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| ISSN: | 0146-3934 |
