“…As for the antecedents, those who are young, male, and European attribute poverty to the individual more than do those who are old, female, and from a minority group, respectively (Hastie, 2010;Kluegel & Smith, 1986;Morçöl, 1997;Skitka, Mullen, Griffin, Hutchinson, & Chamberlin, 2002). Levels of political conservatism also positively correlate with people's tendency to make internal attributions (Cozzarelli, Wilkinson, & Tagler, 2001;Hine & Montiel, 1999;Shirazi & Biel, 2005;Zucker & Weiner, 1993).…”