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Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 8, No. 3, 460-467 (1982)
DOI: 10.1177/0146167282083012
© 1982 Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc.

Physical Distinctiveness and Self-Attribution

Leslie Zebrowitz McArthur

Brandeis University

The relationship between physical distinctiveness and causal attribution was assessed by' asking those high and low in self-reported distinctiveness to make causal attributions for hypothetical events. Compared with subjects low in physical distinctiveness, those who were highly distinctive made significantly stronger self-attributions for neutral events and for negative events involving a social interaction, and significantly weaker self-attributions for positive events of a nonsocial nature. Physical distinctiveness had no impact on attributions for nonsocial negative events. These findings, together with other relevant evidence, suggest that physical distinctiveness strengthens self-attributions for social interactions, but not for nonsocial events.


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