Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between learners’ state of psychological well-being and their attributional patterns in learning English as a foreign language. The sample consists of 96 university students studying English literature and language teaching in Ferdowsi University of Mashad, 42 of whom were male and 54 female whose age ranged from18 to 26 years old. The participants completed Attribution Theory for Foreign Language Learners Questionnaire and Ryff Scale of Psychological Well-being in one session. The correlational study indicated positive and significant correlations between psychological well-being subscales and all the attribution patterns except for the association between Personal growth and Language policy which was non-significant. The results of regression analyses demonstrated that some of psychological well-being subscales could predict some of the factors learners ascribe their success or failure to. DOI: 10.5901/jesr.2016.v6n1p189
Highlights
In the domains of motivation, social psychology, and educational psychology attribution theory has been considered as a dominant concept with a powerful empirical support (Weiner, 2000)
There is a wide range of answers to these questions due to various factors. One of these factors which is more individualistic is the psychological well-being of individuals
Correlational study showed that Emotion correlated positively and significantly with all the subscales of psychological well-being: Environmental mastery, Personal growth, Purpose in life, Self-acceptance, Positive relation and Autonomy
Summary
In the domains of motivation, social psychology, and educational psychology attribution theory has been considered as a dominant concept with a powerful empirical support (Weiner, 2000). Attribution theory mostly deals with people’s explanations of their successes or failures (Weiner, 1974). They ask why questions and they look for an answer (Weiner & Craighead, 2010). There is a wide range of answers to these questions due to various factors. One of these factors which is more individualistic is the psychological well-being of individuals. In the process of learning students are involved in different contexts and situations. Based on their successes and failures, they investigate a reason for their outcomes
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