Effect of prolonged deprivation on attributional style.
The effects of prolonged deprivation and outcome on attributional style were examined in a 2 x 2 factorial design with two levels of deprivation (high and low) and two levels of outcome (good and bad). Indian subjects (N = 80) were selected on the basis of extreme scores on a prolonged deprivation scale; they provided an attributional style scale of good and bad outcome situations. High-deprived subjects attributed bad outcomes to more internal, stable, and global causes compared with low-deprived subjects. In addition, high-deprived subjects showed internal attributions of a stable and global type for both bad and good outcomes.
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D000293:Adolescent; D003906:Developing Countries; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D011610:Psychosocial Deprivation