Internal-external attributions and learned helplessness among lower and middle class adults

The present study tested Abramson, Seligman, and Teasdale's (1978) reformulation of the learned helplessness hypothesis. Specifically, the study employed a laboratory paradigm to investigate: (a) whether attributions about uncontrollable events mediate subsequent deficits, particularly self-est...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McDonnaugh, Linda Frances
Other Authors: Psychology
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/74485