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Camblin, Louise; Weinland, Laura – Social Work, 1987
Discusses the phenomenon of false fire alarms, the deliberate, intentional false reporting of fires, by mentally troubled persons as a primitive kind of help-seeking behavior. Several common themes found by reviewing false alarm cases are presented. Suggests that identifying the intrapsychic dynamics of false alarm reporters could be useful in…
Descriptors: Helplessness, Individual Needs, Mental Disorders, Personality Traits
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Lawson, David M. – Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 1989
Presents a family systems perspective on wife battering and treatment implications for mental health counselors. Focuses on the processes and interrelatedness between events and people in a battering relationship. Discusses some of salient literature on wife battering from an individual perspective and suggests that future models and theories…
Descriptors: Battered Women, Family Counseling, Family Violence, Helplessness
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Gentile, J. Ronald; Monaco, Nanci M. – Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 1986
The range of problems associated with learned helplessness in mathematics is introduced through three hypothetical case studies. Then the basic theory of, the evidence for, and variables affecting learned helplessness are described. Issues of cure and prevention are discussed, and some suggestions are offered for teachers. (MNS)
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, Helplessness, Mathematics Anxiety
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Rohsenow, Damaris J. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1980
Gotlib and Asarnow suggest that learned helplessness may not adequately model clinical depression. They reply to Rohsenow's criticism that Gotlib and Asarnow's conclusions are unwarranted because the null hypothesis is not demonstrated by a single study and because adequate diagnostic criteria are not presented. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Depression (Psychology), Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
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Sowa, 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
Molesky, Jean – Migration World, 1986
The rapidly increasing numbers of Central American refugees in the United States include many whose sufferings have led to severe psychological problems. The article attempts to lay a foundation for assisting them by discussing the following: (1) origins of disorders; (2) culture shock and stress; (3) prevalence of symptoms; and (4) suggestions…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Anxiety, Culture Conflict, Emotional Disturbances
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Doherty, 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
Horowitz, Sandra V. – 1981
Several psychological theories are viable when examining the victims of intimate violence, specifically battered women. Although cognitive consistency models view individuals as striving toward balanced cognitive states, battered women can exist with the cognitive inconsistency of being harmed by men who love them. The theory of cognitive arousal…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Battered Women, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes
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Powell, Lois – Journal of Negro Education, 1990
Large numbers of African Americans learn early in life that they fail to perform adequately in mathematics and science, resulting in helplessness syndromes. Learned helplessness in science and mathematics can be ameliorated through desensitization of mathematics phobia, freeing educational environments of crowding and noise, and special career…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Black Students, Career Choice, Educational Environment