Fill in the circle below the response that best expresses how much you agree or disagree with the statement.

 

                                                                                                                         Strongly    Moderately    Slightly        Slightly    Moderately    Strongly

                                                                                                                         Disagree      Disagree      Disagree        Agree           Agree           Agree

 

 

  1.   I do not know what it takes to get along well with others.----- m    m    m    m    m    m

 

  2.   When I receive good grades, I usually do not understand

        why I did so well.---------------------------------------------------------       m    m    m    m    m    m

 

 

  3.   I do not understand what causes most of the problems that

        I have with others. -------------------------------------------------------       m    m    m    m    m    m

 

 

  4.   When I see something good happen to others, I often do

        not know why it happened. -------------------------------------------       m    m    m    m    m    m

 

 

  5.   When I receive poor grades, I usually do not understand

        why I did so poorly. -----------------------------------------------------       m    m    m    m    m    m

 

 

  6.   When someone I know receives a poor grade, I often

        cannot determine if they could have done anything to

        prevent it.-------------------------------------------------------------------       m    m    m    m    m    m

 

 

  7.   I do not understand what causes most of the good

        things that happen to me. ----------------------------------------------       m    m    m    m    m    m

 

 

  8.   When things go right, I generally do not know

        what to do to keep them that way.-----------------------------------       m    m    m    m    m    m

 

 

  9.   When bad things happen, I generally do not know why. -----       m    m    m    m    m    m

 

 

10.   When there is more than one possible reason for a

        person's action, it is difficult to determine which

        one is the actual reason. -----------------------------------------------       m    m    m    m    m    m

 

 

11.   I often feel like I don't have enough information to

        come to a conclusion about why things happen to

        other people. --------------------------------------------------------------       m    m    m    m    m    m

 

 

12.   When I see something bad happen to others, I often

        do not know why it happened.----------------------------------------       m    m    m    m    m    m

 

 

13.   I often feel like I do not have enough information

        to come to a conclusion about why things happen to me.-----       m    m    m    m    m    m

 

 

14.   When I think about why someone does something,

        there are usually so many possible reasons for it that

        I cannot determine which one was the cause. --------------------       m    m    m    m    m    m

 

 

 

Weary, G., & Edwards, J.A. (1994). Individual differences in causal uncertainty. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 67, 308-318.

 

Scoring: sum all items (range = 14-84).