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Peer reviewedSowa, Claudia J. – Journal of Counseling and Development, 1992
Notes that incorporation of stress management within counseling process requires a theoretical framework for examining clients' perceptions of their coping capabilities as they experience difficulty with stressful life events. Presents framework based on learned helplessness, called systematic rationalization. Discusses empirical support and…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Coping, Counseling, Counseling Techniques
Peer reviewedDoherty, William J. – American Journal of Family Therapy, 1981
Presents the second part of a cognitive model of family conflict. Proposes that high efficacy enhances persistence in family problem solving while low efficacy inhibits such efforts, and that chronic low efficacy may lead to learned helplessness responses in family members. (Author)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Cognitive Processes, Conflict, Coping
