Table 2.
Descriptive statistics for children’s failure attribution.
| Ability group (n = 37) | Effort group (n = 35) | Control group (n = 31) | Total (n = 103) | F(2,100) | ηp2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low ability | M | 2.54 | 2.03 | 1.84 | 2.16 | 4.23∗ | 0.08 |
| SD | 1.24 | 0.98 | 0.82 | 1.07 | |||
| Low effort | M | 3.08 | 3.97 | 3.10 | 3.39 | 8.02∗∗ | 0.14 |
| SD | 0.89 | 1.07 | 1.22 | 1.13 | |||
| Lack of time | M | 2.86 | 2.60 | 2.23 | 2.58 | 1.45 | 0.03 |
| SD | 1.77 | 1.40 | 1.41 | 1.55 | |||
| Test anxiety | M | 4.49 | 3.43 | 2.68 | 3.58 | 18.75∗∗ | 0.27 |
| SD | 1.15 | 1.14 | 1.40 | 1.42 | |||
| F | 16.60∗∗ | 18.87∗∗ | 7.52∗∗ | 29.93∗∗∗ | |||
| df | 3,108 | 3,102 | 3,90 | 3,306 | |||
| ηp2 | 0.32 | 0.36 | 0.20 | 0.23 | |||
∗p < 0.05; ∗∗p < 0.01; ∗∗∗p < 0.001.