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In recent years, increasing attention has been paid to measurement issues in the context of attribution research. Comparative analyses of different methods for assessing causal attributions (e.g., Elig & Frieze, 1979; Russell, McAuley, & T’arico, 1987) as well as the publication of scales to assess attribution processes, including attributions for specific events (Russell, 1982) as well as dispositional tendencies to make certain types of causal attributions (e.g., Peterson, Semmel, von Baeyer, Abramson, Metalsky, & Seligman, 1982; Lefcourt, 1981), have served to improve research methodology in this area.
Paper presented at the conference entitled, “New Models - New Extensions of Attribution Theory to Clinical Uses,” Held at the California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles, CA, January 30 and February 6, 1988.
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Russell, D.W. (1991). The Measurement of Attribution Process: Trait and Situational Approaches. In: Zelen, S.L. (eds) New Models, New Extensions of Attribution Theory. Recent Research in Psychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3126-4_5
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