Causal Attributions as Correlates of Secondary School Students’ Academic Achievement

Table 2

Correlation between dimensions of causal attribution of locus of causality, controllability, stability, and academic achievement.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1. ILCAS	—
2. ILCAF	0.19	—
3. ELCAS	−0.12	0.08	—
4. ELCAF	0.18	−0.08	−0.51	—
5. CAS	0.71	−0.03	−0.04	0.03	—
6. CAF	−0.13	0.65	0.13	−0.20	−0.11	—
7. UNCAS	0.35	0.04	0.78	−0.39	0.59	0.04	—
8. UNCAF	0.06	0.40	−0.34	0.71	−0.04	0.55	−0.31	—
9. SAS	0.54	0.06	0.47	−0.20	0.78	0.01	0.86	−0.16	—
10. SAF	0.01	0.50	−0.17	0.44	−0.06	0.73	−0.17	0.91	−0.09	—
11. UNSAS	0.59	0.26	0.43	−0.18	0.09	−0.04	0.40	−0.13	0.19	−0.07	—
12. UNSAF	0.36	0.58	−0.23	0.45	0.05	−0.13	−0.16	0.29	−0.04	0.06	0.24
13. Acad. Ach	0.15	−0.17	−0.11	0.16	0.32	−0.34	0.11	−0.10	0.19	−0.20	−0.12	−0.15

Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed). N = 585; r = Pearson correlation; Acad. Ach = academic achievement; ILCAS = internal locus of causality attribution for success; ILCAF = internal locus of causality for failure; ELCAS = external locus of causality for success; ELCAF = external locus of causality for failure; CAS = controllable attribution for success; CAF = controllable attribution for failure; UNCAS = uncontrollable attribution for success; UNCAF = uncontrollable attribution for failure; SAS = stable attribution for success; SAF = stable attribution for failure; UNSAS = unstable attribution for success; UNSAF = unstable attribution for failure.