The Multidimensional-Multiattributional Causality Scale
- When I receive a poor grade‚ I usually feel that the main reason is that I haven’t studied enough for that course.
- My enjoyment of a social occasion is almost entirely dependent on the personalities of the other people who are there.
- If I were to receive low marks it would cause me to question my academic ability.
- Making friends is a funny business; sometime I have to chalk up my successes to luck.
- If I did not get along with others‚ it would tell me that I hadn’t put much effort into the pursuit of social goals.
- Some of the times that I have gotten a good grade in a course‚ it was due to the teacher’s easy grading scheme.
- It seems to me that failure to have people like me would show my ignorance in interpersonal relationships.
- Sometimes my success on exams depends on some luck.
- In my case‚ the good grades I receive are always the direct result of my efforts.
- No matter what I do‚ some people just don’t like me.
- The most important ingredient in getting good grades is my academic ability.
- Often chance events can play a large part in causing rifts between friends.
- Maintaining friendships requires real effort to make them work.
- In my experience‚ once a professor gets the idea you’re a poor student‚ your work is much more likely to receive poor grades than if someone else handed it in.
- It seems to me that getting along with people is a skill.
- Some of my lower grades have seemed to be partially due to bad breaks.
- When I fail to do as well as expected in school‚ it is often due to a lack of effort on my part.
- Some people can make me have a good time even when I don’t feel sociable.
- If I were to fail a course it would probably be because I lacked skill in that area.
- In my experience‚ making friends is largely a matter of having the right breaks.
- When I hear of a divorce‚ I suspect that the couple probably did not try enough to make their marriage work.
- Some of my good grades may simply reflect that these were easier courses than most.
- I feel that people who are often lonely are lacking in social competence.
- I feel that some of my good grades depend to a considerable extent on chance factors‚ such as having the right questions show up on an exam.
- Whenever I receive good grades‚ it is always because I have studied hard for that course.
- Some people just seem predisposed to dislike me.
- I feel that my good grades reflect directly on my academic ability.
- I find that the absence of friendships is often a matter of not being lucky enough to meet the right people.
- In my case‚ success at making friends depends on how hard I work at it.
- Often my poorer grades are obtained in courses that the professor has failed to make interesting.
- having good friends is simply a matter of one’s social skill.
- My academic low points sometimes make me think I was just unlucky.
- Poor grades inform me that I haven’t worked hard enough.
- To enjoy myself at a party I have to be surrounded by others who know how to have a good time.
- If I were to get poor grades I would assume that I lacked ability to succeed in those courses.
- If my marriage were a long‚ happy one‚ I’d say that I must just be very lucky.
- In my experience‚ loneliness comes from not trying to be friendly.
- Sometimes I get good grades only because the course material was easy to learn.
- In my experience‚ there is a direct connection between the absence of friendship and being socially inept
- Sometimes I feel that I have to consider myself lucky for the good grades I get.
- I can overcome all obstacles in the path of academic success if I work hard enough.
- It is almost impossible to figure out how I have displeased some people.
- When I get good grades‚ it is because of my academic competence.
- Difficulties with my friends often start with chance remarks
- If my marriage were to succeed‚ it would have to be because I worked at it.
- Some low grades I’ve received seem to me to reflect the fact that some teachers are just stingy with marks.
- It is impossible for me to maintain close relations with people without my tact and patience.
- Some of my bad grades may have been a function of bad luck‚ being in the wrong course at the wrong time.
The Multidimensional Multi attributional Locus of Control Scale as found in Lefcourt et al (1979)
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