Parker et al., 2016: Attributing academic failure as unstable and controllable improved academic performance among undergraduate student-athletes
Reference:
Parker, P. C., Perry, R. P., Hamm, J. M., Chipperfield, J. G., & Hladkyj, S. (2016). Enhancing the academic success of competitive student athletes using a motivation treatment intervention (Attributional Retraining). Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 26, 113-122.
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First-year undergraduate competitive athlete students and non-athlete students enrolled in an introductory course (1) completed survey items assessing their attributions for academic failure and success, (2) watched a brief video that emphasized the importance of controllable attributions for academic experiences, and (3) summarized the video and described how it related to their own lives. As compared to a randomized control group, this treatment raised course grades for athletes low in perceived academic control and reduced course withdrawals for athletes in general. Non-athletes showed no benefits.
Psychological Process:
What Desired Meaning is At Stake?
What is the Person Trying to Understand?
Selves (My Own and Others')How?
Psychological Question Addressed
Does struggling mean I can’t do it?Does struggling mean I can’t do it?Psychological Question Addressed
Does struggling mean I can’t do it?Psychological Process 2:
Psychological Process 3:
Social Area:
Education
Intervention Technique:
Direct labeling, of an aspect of self; Prompting with information