A Controllability Attributional Model of Problems in Living: Dimensional and Situational Interactions in the Prediction of Depression and Loneliness

Bouncing back from failure: The interactive impact of perceived controllability and stability on self-efficacy beliefs and future task performance

“…This insight was also central to formulations of the learned helplessness model, which observed that the most direct determinant of helplessness is an expectation of future uncontrollability (e.g., Abramson et al, 1978). Further, the importance of controllability is recognised in other work (e.g., Anderson & Riger, 1991;Weiner, 1979Weiner, , 1985, which has identified a relationship between people's belief in their ability to influence the causes of future events and indices of behaviour. Weiner (e.g., 1979Weiner (e.g., , 1985 hypothesised that stability alone should predict expectations for future success.…”

Attribution in sport psychology: seeking congruence between theory, research and practice

“…On the other hand, controllability is considered the most important dimension in the research of Anderson and colleagues (e.g., Anderson, 1983;Anderson & Deuser, 1993;Anderson & Riger, 1991). The central theme of this research is that people engage in attributional activity to increase their control of the environment; attributing an event to a controllable cause leads to expectations of control over events in the future 1 .…”

The abstinence violation effect in child molesters

“…One of the major consequences of the cognitive revolution in psychology has been an increased interest in attribution and attributional theories, 57 particularly within social cognition (Sherman, Judd, & Park, 1989), interpersonal psychology (Anderson & Riger, 1991) and clinical psychology (Bradbury & Fincham, 1990;Brewin, 1988;Jack & Williams, 1991;Westen, 1991).…”