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Peer reviewedSpendlove, David C.; And Others – Social Work, 1981
Examines why the role of housewife may actually foster depression. Presents the concept of learned helplessness as a tool for understanding and treating depressed housewives. Suggests social workers use a task-oriented approach in treating women who feel they have no control over their lives. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Counseling Techniques, Depression (Psychology), Helplessness
Reinicke, Melinda June – 1986
In addition to academic pressures shared with American students, students from other countries studying in the United States have the stress of living in an unfamiliar culture. Common symptoms of culture shock (irritability, loneliness, depression, rigidity) have been identified. Parallel symptoms have been described in the learned helplessness…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, College Environment, Culture Conflict, Foreign Students
