Citation

Mittelstaedt WH, Wollert R. Can. J. Behav. Sci. 1991; 23(1): 1-11.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Canadian Psychological Association, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1037/h0078955

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Tested hypotheses that blaming tendencies produce depressed mood following task failure. 56 female undergraduates completed measures that assessed blaming personality tendencies and performed several tasks they were induced to view as important or meaningless. Then Ss were told their performance was below average and their mood was assessed. Regression analyses showed that self-blaming Ss were more dysphoric than others and that these mood differences were greatest when the task was perceived as important. Other-blaming Ss were also depressed but their reactions were similar across inductions. Implications are discussed for future research toward differentiating causal attributions from blame. (French abstract) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

Keywords

Attribution; Depression (Emotion); Emotional States; Failure