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Leggett, Ellen L.; Dweck, Carol S. – 1987
Individual differences in same-aged children's reasoning about effort and ability, as well as the consequences of different forms of reasoning in actual achievement situations, were investigated. It was hypothesized that different forms of children's reasoning would be related to different (helpless versus mastery-oriented) motivational patterns.…
Descriptors: Ability, Adolescents, Attribution Theory, Cognitive Development
Peer reviewedWeisz, John R.; Stipek, Deborah J. – Human Development, 1982
Surveys 33 developmental studies using 12 different locus of control scales in the effort to learn how perceived internal control changes with age. A few studies show developmental declines in perceived control, about half show consistent developmental increases, and about half show mixed results or no significant developmental differences.…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Adolescents, Children, Competence
Peer reviewedBrightman, Baird K. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1990
Forty 17- to 18-year-old subjects scoring above or below a sample median on the Beck Depression Inventory participated in a controlled study to assess their reactions to solvable and unsolvable problems with and without the interference of noise. Under helpless and nonhelpless conditions, depressive symptomatology affected problem-solving ability,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Depression (Psychology), Helplessness
