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Peer reviewedHarris, Roma M.; Highlen, Pamela S. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1982
Examined the effects of escapable versus inescapable aversive stimuli (noise) on performance in relation to the conceptual complexity level of college students (N=60). Overall, results suggested that conceptual complexity level mediated the experience of learned helplessness. Conceptually complex students were less negatively affected than…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Concept Formation
Direct linkGignac, Monique A. M.; Cott, Cheryl A.; Badley, Elizabeth M. – Canadian Journal on Aging, 2003
This study examined the impact of the 1998 Canadian ice storm on the physical and psychological health of older adults (age greater than 55 years) living with a chronic physical illness, namely osteoarthritis and/or osteoporosis. Although disasters are relatively rare, they are a useful means of examining the impact of a single stressor on a group…
Descriptors: Helplessness, Older Adults, Depression (Psychology), Chronic Illness
