Chance attribution. [it is due to bad luck].

Attributing events to 'bad luck' is a form of explanation that places causality in external and unstable factors.

That is, in circumstances that are beyond personal control and that are perceived as variable and dependent on chance.

While it is true that chance and unforeseen factors exist and can influence results, an exaggerated tendency to resort to this explanation can have negative consequences.

Luck as a Real but Limited Factor

It is undeniable that luck or chance plays a role in life. Being born into a more or less favorable environment, encountering unexpected opportunities or suffering unforeseen setbacks are examples of how fortuitous factors can play a role.

Part of what happens to us, in both successes and failures, may depend on these unstable circumstances that we do not directly control.

Victimization by Excessive Attribution to Luck

When a person tends to exaggeratedly and systematically attribute his or her failures or problems to "bad luck", he or she may fall into an attitude of victimization.

If you believe that "life is bad luck" or "I have bad luck," and you perceive that you have no control over it, it is easy to adopt a passive posture.

This mentality can lead to not making an effort or not taking action to change the situation, since it is assumed that everything depends on external and uncontrollable factors.

The Adaptive Approach. Recognizing Uncontrollable External Factors.

However, recognizing the influence of external and unstable factors can also have a healthy and adaptive side.

For example, if a business fails due to an unforeseen and very strong economic crisis, it is reasonable to think that there has been a component of "bad luck" or, at least, of unfavorable external circumstances that were not totally foreseeable or controllable.

In these cases, although the impact of