Alexis promised her boyfriend Marcus that she would pick up his shirts from the drycleaners, but she neglected to do so because she was distracted by work obligations. When he gets home and sees that he has no clean shirts, he thinks, "she really just doesn't care about my needs at all. I'm so sick of this." Marcus is using ____ attributions to explain why Alexis did not pick up his shirts.

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Marcus is using distress-maintaining attributions, which involve attributing negative behavior to the partner's character or lack of care, rather than situational factors.

Alexis Promised Her Boyfriend Marcus That She Would Pick Up