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.