TY - JOUR
T1 - Affective Responses to Externally and Personally Controllable Attributions
AU - McAuley, Edward
AU - Shaffer, Shelly
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PY - 1993/12
Y1 - 1993/12
N2 - The purpose of this study was to examine the relations between the external control and personal control dimensions of the revised Causal Dimension Scale (CDSII; McAuley, Duncan, & Russell, 1992) and affective responses to a negative event. Employing a scenario methodology, subjects (N = 100) were asked to make attributions for and record intensity of affective responses to a negative event that was personally uncontrollable and externally controllable. We hypothesized that externally controllable attributions should be implicated in the generation of affective responses such as anger, whereas self-related (i.e., personally controllable) attributions would be more strongly related to guilt-related affects. Correlational and hierarchical multiple-regression analyses supported the hypotheses. Moreover, the correlation between the external control and personal control dimensions was only moderate (r =.44). This contrasts with other studies that have shown these dimensions to be very highly related and distinct, perhaps only at the conceptual level. The results are discussed with respect to the role played by both control dimensions in the generation of affective responses and the clear distinction between the two dimensions in situations that truly are externally controlled.
AB - The purpose of this study was to examine the relations between the external control and personal control dimensions of the revised Causal Dimension Scale (CDSII; McAuley, Duncan, & Russell, 1992) and affective responses to a negative event. Employing a scenario methodology, subjects (N = 100) were asked to make attributions for and record intensity of affective responses to a negative event that was personally uncontrollable and externally controllable. We hypothesized that externally controllable attributions should be implicated in the generation of affective responses such as anger, whereas self-related (i.e., personally controllable) attributions would be more strongly related to guilt-related affects. Correlational and hierarchical multiple-regression analyses supported the hypotheses. Moreover, the correlation between the external control and personal control dimensions was only moderate (r =.44). This contrasts with other studies that have shown these dimensions to be very highly related and distinct, perhaps only at the conceptual level. The results are discussed with respect to the role played by both control dimensions in the generation of affective responses and the clear distinction between the two dimensions in situations that truly are externally controlled.
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U2 - 10.1207/s15324834basp1404_6
DO - 10.1207/s15324834basp1404_6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84972962420
VL - 14
SP - 475
EP - 485
JO - Basic and Applied Social Psychology
JF - Basic and Applied Social Psychology
SN - 0197-3533
IS - 4
ER -