@article{LauKubiakBurchertetal.2014,
  author    = {Lau, Stephan and Kubiak, Thomas and Burchert, Sebastian and Goering, Mark and Oberlaender, Nils and von Mauschwitz, Hannes and von Sass, Sarah and Selle, Mareen and Hiemisch, Anette},
  title     = {Disentangling the effects of optimism and attributions on feelings of success},
  series = {Personality and individual differences : an international journal of research into the structure and development of personality, and the causation of individual differences},
  volume    = {56},
  journal   = {Personality and individual differences : an international journal of research into the structure and development of personality, and the causation of individual differences},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Oxford},
  issn      = {0191-8869},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.paid.2013.08.030},
  pages     = {78 -- 82},
  year      = {2014},
  abstract  = {Two experiments examined the effects of dispositional optimism and attributions on feelings of success in a performance setting. In Experiment 1, participants successfully solved three cognitive tasks and attributed the success either internally (i.e., to themselves) or externally (i.e., to a teammate). We found no effect of optimism, but a significant effect of the attribution: Internal attribution predicted an increase in feelings of success. In Experiment 2, we replicated the design and adopted an extreme groups approach in order to include the extremes of the optimism dimension. Only optimism affected feelings of success in this sample: Pessimistic participants showed higher increases in feelings of success than optimistic participants. We conclude that optimism, if disentangled from attribution, may have an effect on affect, with pessimism showing potential affective benefits. However, this association may be concealed if samples with a restricted range of the optimism dimension are studied.},
  language  = {en}
}