The present study longitudinally examined stability and change in the attributional profiles of Finnish student athletes (n = 391) in upper secondary sport schools. Moreover, it examined the extent to which these profiles, and changes in them, were associated with athletes’ level of sport competition and school achievements and dropouts at the end of upper secondary sport school. Using latent profile analysis, five different and highly stable attributional profiles were identified for student athletes: (a) depressive (6.9%), (b) athletic self-serving (23.0%), (c) average (16.4%), (d) learned helplessness (30.9%), and (e) responsible (22.8%). The results further showed that over the 3-year study period, the responsible attributional style, wherein individuals take responsibility for successes and failures, predicted student athletes’ subsequent high grade point average and low sport dropout rates even after controlling for the impacts of their earlier grade point average, gender, and type of sport.

本研究纵向考察了芬兰学生运动员归因特征的稳定性和变化（n = 391) 在高中体育学校。此外，它还研究了这些概况及其变化在多大程度上与运动员的体育竞赛水平和学校成绩以及高中体育学校结束时的辍学率相关。使用潜在概况分析，为学生运动员确定了五种不同且高度稳定的归因概况：(a) 抑郁 (6.9%)，(b) 运动自利 (23.0%)，(c) 平均 (16.4%)，(d ) 习得性无助 (30.9%)，以及 (e) 负责任 (22.8%)。结果进一步表明，在 3 年的研究期间，负责任的归因风格，其中个人对成功和失败负责，