Interactive Effects of Reminiscing and Attributional Style for Positive Events on Positive Outcomes

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel B. Hurley ◽  
Paul Kwon
Keyword(s):  
Attributional Style ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Positive Events

Narcissism and Causal Attribution

1997 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 171-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen R. Ladd ◽  
M. Cay Welsh ◽  
William F. Vitulli ◽  
Elise E. Labbé ◽  
Joseph G. Law
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Attributional Style ◽  
Causal Attribution ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Negative Events ◽  
Positive Events ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Narcissistic Personality Inventory ◽  
Attributional Style Questionnaire ◽  
The Relationship

This study examined the relationship between scores on narcissistic personality traits and causal attributions to positive and negative events. 119 undergraduate students in psychology as participants completed the Narcissistic Personality Inventory-40, the Attributional Style Questionnaire, and several Self-referencing Closed-ended Vignettes. Analyses indicated that men who scored higher on the Narcissistic Personality Inventory-40 made more internal and stable attributions to positive events and more external and unstable attributions to negative events than did men who scored lower on the Narcissistic Personality Inventory-40. Also scores on the Self-referencing Closed-ended Vignettes correlated significantly and positively with the Attributional Style Questionnaire, providing evidence for the validity of the vignettes.

Explanations for Positive and Negative Events Among Heavy and Moderate College Drinkers

1989 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 291-297
Author(s):  
Kevin J. Corcoran ◽  
Paige E. Thielbahr
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Attributional Style ◽  
Depressed Mood ◽  
Explanatory Style ◽  
Negative Events ◽  
Positive Events ◽  
Moderate Drinking ◽  
Attributional Style Questionnaire ◽  
College Drinkers ◽  
The Relationship

This study examined the relationship between explanatory style for positive and negative events in heavy- and moderate-drinking college students. Results indicate no difference between the two drinking groups in explanations for negative events; however, hearvier-drinking subjects did tend to have more global and stable explanations for positive events. In addition, those subjects attached more importance to positive events. Results are discussed in terms of the utility of such a style in avoiding depressed mood. Also discussed is the potential for changing such a belief pattern and the possible implications for the use of the Attributional Style Questionnaire with populations other than those who are depressed.

scholarly journals Dealing with the Ups and Downs of Life: Positive Dispositions in Coping with Negative and Positive Events and Their Relationships with Well-Being Indicators

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giulia Fuochi ◽  
Alberto Voci
Keyword(s):  
Individual Variation ◽  
Meaning In Life ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Multilevel Models ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Negative Events ◽  
Positive Events ◽  
Self Compassion ◽  
Healthy Functioning

Abstract In a four-wave, longitudinal study (N = 323), we tested the relationships between five positive dispositions—mindfulness, self-compassion, gratitude, hedonism, and eudaimonism—and time-varying negative affect, positive affect, life satisfaction, and meaning in life. These relationships were tested while controlling for the ups and downs in life across three months, operationalized as the effects, for a respondent, of having experienced more frequent and intense positive and negative events compared to other individuals in the sample (inter-individual variation) and of having experienced more frequent and intense positive and negative events than usual for that person (intra-individual variation). We also tested the interactive effects between each disposition and intra-individual variation in the frequency and intensity of negative and positive events on well-being variables. Results, obtained through multilevel models with repeated observations nested in individuals, showed that each disposition had specific associations with well-being indicators, although stronger effects were detected for eudaimonism and, especially, self-compassion. Moderation analyses showed that: mindfulness and self-compassion buffered intra-individual variation in negative events; people scoring higher on hedonism, eudaimonism, and self-compassion showed less need to rely on positive events to experience positive emotions; experiencing a negative event that was more intense than usual was associated with higher meaning in life for people with high levels of eudaimonism. Overall, findings suggest that mindfulness, self-compassion, gratitude, hedonism, and eudaimonism build well-being through different channels. Positive interventions could benefit from mixing these healthy functioning strategies and considering their roles in reactions to events.

Attributional style and delusions: an investigation based on delusional content

1997 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
HM Sharp ◽  
CF Fear ◽  
D Healy
Keyword(s):  
Attributional Style ◽  
Causal Attributions ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Primary Role ◽  
Negative Events ◽  
Persecutory Delusions ◽  
Positive Events ◽  
Attributional Style Questionnaire ◽  
Attributional Biases

SummaryIndividuals with persecutory delusions have been reported to make external and stable attributions for negative events and to have a tendency towards internal attributions for positive events. It remains unclear whether this abnormality is present in individuals with non-persecutory delusions. Using the Attributional Style Questionnaire, we assessed the attributional style of 19 individuals with persecutory or grandiose delusions (PG), 12 individuals whose delusional beliefs were non-persecutory and non-grandiose (NPG) and 24 controls. The PG group displayed externality in their causal attributions for bad events but those in the NPG group did not differ from controls. Both deluded groups were significantly more stable in their attributions for bad events in comparison to controls. Such findings argue against a primary role for attributional biases in the genesis of delusions, although a role in shaping delusional content and maintaining the disorder and a role for external attributions in defending against reductions in self-esteem cannot be excluded.

scholarly journals Contextual and Cultural Differences in Positive Thinking

2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. 449-467
Author(s):  
Li-Jun Ji ◽  
Thomas I. Vaughan-Johnston ◽  
Zhiyong Zhang ◽  
Jill A. Jacobson ◽  
Ning Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Theory Of Change ◽  
Positive Thinking ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Negative Events ◽  
East Asians ◽  
Positive Events ◽  
Lay Theory ◽  
Negative Thinking

Past research suggests that East Asians engage in less positive thinking than Westerners, but cultural differences in positive thinking may depend on context. The present research investigates how culture and context may interactively influence positive thinking. In Studies 1 ( N = 287) and 2 ( N = 245), participants read hypothetical positive or negative events, and indicated their endorsement of responses to each event that reflected positive versus negative thinking. Chinese more often than Euro-Canadians endorsed relatively negative thinking in response to positive events and relatively positive thinking in response to negative events. In Study 3 ( N = 573), Chinese (versus Euro-Canadians) generated more negative outcomes for positive events and more positive outcomes for negative events. These effects were mediated by lay theory of change, a belief that events change over time nonlinearly. The findings use diverse measurement approaches to highlight the importance of examining positive thinking in context across cultures.

scholarly journals ATTRIBUTIONAL STYLE OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN ADOLESCENTS

1994 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen B. Hillman ◽  
Paula C. Wood ◽  
Shlomo S. Sawilowsky
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Attributional Style ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
African American Adolescents ◽  
Negative Events ◽  
Federally Funded ◽  
Positive Events ◽  
Training And Education ◽  
Repeated Measures Design ◽  
Attributional Style Questionnaire

This study ascertains how positive and negative life events are viewed by stigmatized youngsters. The causal attributions of a sample of 139 at-risk African American adolescents are analyzed in a doubly multivariate repeated measures design. These students were participants in either the federally funded Summer Training and Education Program or the Student Academic and Leadership Enhancement Program funded by the Detroit Compact. Previous research on these students indicated that they have higher than norm global self-concepts and their locus of control is more external than would be expected for their age. The findings of the current study suggest that the attributions these youngsters ascribed to positive events were significantly more internal, stable, and global than the attributions for negative events. An ancillary outcome of this study is to report psychometric information regarding the use of The Attributional Style Questionnaire.

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