TY  - JOUR
A1  - Lau, Stephan
A1  - Kubiak, Thomas
A1  - Burchert, Sebastian
A1  - Goering, Mark
A1  - Oberlaender, Nils
A1  - von Mauschwitz, Hannes
A1  - von Sass, Sarah
A1  - Selle, Mareen
A1  - Hiemisch, Anette
T1  - Disentangling the effects of optimism and attributions on feelings of success
JF  - Personality and individual differences : an international journal of research into the structure and development of personality, and the causation of individual differences
N2  - 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.
KW  - Optimism
KW  - Performance setting
KW  - Attribution
KW  - Success
KW  - Affect
Y1  - 2014
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2013.08.030
SN  - 0191-8869
VL  - 56
SP  - 78
EP  - 82
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Oxford
ER  -