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*Attribution GapFill

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Attribution involves the process that examines how a particular result or outcome comes about, i.e. what success or failure is attributed to. Weiner’s model attempted to explore the ways in which an individual might attribute their actions, demonstrated by the interaction between three dimensions.

Weiner's model of attribution:

Locus of causality This dimension refers to whether the attributions are derived internally (ability or  effortluckinjuryanxiety), or arise from external circumstances (  anxietyinjuryluckeffort or task difficulty). 
Stability dimension This dimension describes the level of variation in the factors an individual attributes to explaining their actions. Weiner suggested that it interacts with the locus of causality in that   unstablestableexternalcontrollable factors are generally fixed (ability and  task difficultyanxietyluckinjury), whereas   stableunstableuncontrollableexternal factors are more prone to change (effort and  luckanxietyinjurytask difficulty).
 VariabilityCorrelationControllabilitySituational dimension In order to improve the model, this dimension was added at a later date. It refers to how much power an athlete has over their attributions. Factors that are generally out of an athlete's control include   effortinjuryanxietyability and luck, whereas an individual has more of a hold over their  injuryeffortanxietyability. Task difficulty could be controlled in the sense that an athlete can manipulate their training to make it easier or harder for themselves, but they will have no control over it in competitive situations.


Using a relegated netball team as an example, unless the team had a lot of incoming and outgoing players over the course of the season, the team's   injuryanxietytask difficultyability would remain generally fixed as significant improvements in ability are usually made over the course of a career, not a season. On the other hand, the effort levels would have varied over the course of the season, for example, when playing teams lower down in the league they might have put in more effort as the chances of winning were more realistic than when playing the top teams. The position of teams in the league is also reflective of  anxietytask difficultyinjuryability, which is out of the team's control as the national governing body organises the fixtures. The team's luck in each game would also vary, where in one game they might be awarded most 50/50 decisions, whereas in another game all 50/50 decisions might go against them. It would be favourable to attribute successful performance to internal factors such as ability and effort, while attributing unsuccessful performances to external factors such as task difficulty and luck. Examples of this can include:


  • Task difficulty - "We didn't have a chance, they haven't lost a game in two years"

  •  LuckAnxietyInjuryEffort - "They scored twice from deflections, that was the difference"
  • Ability - "We were just too good for the other team to handle"
  •  AnxietyEffortLuckInjury - "We wanted it more than they did and that is why we won"


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