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situational attribution

the ascription of one’s own or another’s behavior, an event, or an outcome to causes outside the person concerned, such as luck, pressure from other people, or external circumstances. Also called environmental attribution; external attribution. Compare dispositional attribution.

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Negative Affect Scale

Negative Affect Scale

see Positive and Negative Affect Schedule.