ATTRIBUTIONAL STYLE AND ACCULTURATION OF IMMIGRANTS IN COMPARISON TO NON-MIGRATED GERMAN CHILDREN

Germany faces a never expected wave on immigrants since the political liberalization in Eastern Europe. In a longitudinal study, two groups of immigrant children from Eastern Europe and from Eastern Germany wer e compared with two non-immigrant groups in Western and Eastern German y. The 3rd to 5th graders were questioned in regard to their attributi ons for success and failure. The immigrants from Eastern Europe attrib uted their success and failures more often to task-difficulty than the non-immigrants. The attribution to effort for success and failure was most frequently used by all groups. A slight accuituration process of the immigrants from Eastern Europe to the Western German students was observed over a one year period by showing group specific changes.