Durability and generalization of attribution-based feedback following failure: Effects on expectations and behavioral persistence

Enhancing the academic success of competitive student athletes using a motivation treatment intervention (Attributional Retraining)

“…AR treatments have typically been implemented in achievement 128 settings and have been particularly successful in facilitating academic attainment for high-risk these findings, Rascle et al (2015) showed that following a failure performance in a golf-putting 147 task, participants who received attributional feedback (i.e., controllable/unstable causes) 148 increased their expectancy of success four weeks later and across contexts (i.e., from a putting-149 task to a dart-throwing task). They also showed greater persistence over time as measured by the 150 number of attempts made in the putting or dart-throwing task.…”

Attributional consensus: The importance of agreement over causes for team performance to interpersonal outcomes and performance

“…The type of attribution (i.e., adaptive or maladaptive) an individual adopts is believed to impact important sport outcomes (Rees et al, 2005). Those who adopt, when possible, adaptive attributions are more likely to persist in a challenging task (Le Foll et al, 2008;Rascle et al, 2015), be more confident (Coffee et al, 2015;, and ultimately perform better in a subsequent sport performance task (Rees et al, 2013). However, minimal research exists that has examined the influence teammates have on these attributionoutcome relationships.…”

“…Within this paper, two studies are detailed that were designed to examine the effect of attributional consensus between teammates. To do this, an approach similar to that of previous attribution studies ( Le Foll et al, 2008;Rascle et al, 2015) was adopted, in that attributions after failure were analysed on a spectrum from adaptive (i.e., controllable and unstable) to maladaptive (i.e., uncontrollable and stable). High attributional consensus was operationalised as convergence on one end of the spectrum (i.e., adaptive-adaptive, maladaptive-maladaptive) while low attributional consensus was operationalised as a divergence toward opposite ends of the spectrum (i.e., adaptive-maladaptive, maladaptive-adaptive).…”

“…Researchers studying attributions have observed associations between team-referent attributions and sport outcomes (Allen, Jones, & Sheffield, 2009;Coffee, Greenlees, & Allen, 2015;Dithurbide, Sullivan, & Chow, 2009). Specifically, through experimental designs, researchers have observed the causal effects of attributions on cognitive, affective, and behavioural outcomes (Le Foll, Rascle, & Higgins, 2008;Rascle et al, 2015;Rees et al, 2013) and these effects are believed to be generalizable at the team level (Allen et al, 2012). However, within a team setting, the presence of teammates' attributions might impact these relationships.…”

Causal Attributions of Success and Failure and Mood States in Football Players

“…In a study by Allen et al [15], it was observed that providing athletes with simple positive feedback after the competition contributed to their developing causal attributions regarding a particular outcome which were more internal in nature. Research by Rascle et al [16], on the other hand, found that attributional feedback effects were long-term and cross-situational. Coffee and Rees [17] have suggested that it is worth analysing athletes' attributions when they perform successfully, as this can help gain a better understanding of the relationships between attributions and self-efficacy.…”