Adaptive thinking: Can adaptive dispositional attributions protect against the harmful effects of maladaptive situational attributions?

Ross M. Murray; Pete Coffee; Robert C. Eklund

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2019.101620

doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2019.101620

Adaptive thinking: Can adaptive dispositional attributions protect against the harmful effects of maladaptive situational attributions?

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Psychology of Sport and Exercise3.40

Volume: 47, Pages: 101620 - 101620

Published: Mar 1, 2020

Abstract

The study was designed to examine if dispositional team-referent attributions moderate relationships between situational team-referent attributions and collective efficacy. In this cross-sectional design investigation, team athletes completed measures of dispositional team-referent attributions, situational team-referent attributions, and collective efficacy. Team outcome (i.e., win-loss status) was recorded. Athletes (N = 163) on sport teams (K...