GENDER DIFFERENCES IN CAUSAL ATTRIBUTIONS FOR SUCCESSES AND FAILURES, AND ACADEMIC SELF-EFFICACY AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

Causal Attributions Scales for Academic Successes
and Failures, and Academic Self-Efficacy Scale were used to
examine gender differences among 190 high school students (92
males and 98 females). T-test results indicated that males attributed
success to self-confidence, more than females and females to luck
more than males. Moreover, males internalise success while
females externalise it, but for failure the reverse is true. In addition,
male students showed significantly higher level of self-efficacy than
female students. Femaile Failures have showed the lowest mean
score in the self-efficacy scale