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Peer reviewedFarmer, Helen S.; Vispoel, Walter P. – Journal of Experimental Education, 1990
A study involving 697 male and 765 female ninth and twelfth graders was undertaken to assess learned helplessness in attribution patterns associated with personal failure. Although significant gender differences were identified, little evidence was obtained supporting the learned helplessness model for adolescent female achievement motivation.…
Descriptors: Achievement, Adolescents, Attribution Theory, Failure
