Citation

Wong P. Sex Roles 1982; 8(4): 381-388.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1982, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/BF00287277

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

In two studies, male and female subjects were given attribution measures before and after performance on a novel finger maze. Neither study revealed any sex differences in expectancy and anticipated attributions prior to maze performance. In Experiment 1, no sex differences in attributions were obtained regardless of whether the outcome was success or failure. In Experiment 2, where the outcome was made completely noncontingent on behavior, females had greater illusion of control as well as higher luck attribution. This paradoxical finding was interpreted as reflecting females' tendency to depend on external and internal attributions simultaneously.