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Sport Psychology - Attribution in sport
infoWhy this? Attribution examines how performers explain success and failure, and how those explanations influence motivation, emotion, and future expectations. It helps us evaluate feedback and encourage constructive responses to setbacks through realistic judgements about controllable factors.
scheduleWhy now? Earlier work on individual differences and goal setting provides a foundation for considering how interpretations of results influence subsequent effort and choices. Connections with confidence and self-efficacy deepen our understanding of why the same outcome can affect performers differently.