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On the Origins of Helpless Behavior of Students with Learning Disabilities: Avoidance Motivation?
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Sideridis, Georgios D. – International Journal of Educational Research, 2003
The purpose of the present study was to examine the presence of helplessness in students with learning difficulties (LD), and evaluate the role of goal orientations as antecedents of helplessness, negative affect, and psychopathology. Following induction of failure, results suggested that students with LD displayed increased negative affectivity,…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Helplessness, Learning Disabilities, Psychopathology