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Lepore, Stephen J.; And Others – Child Study Journal, 1989
Examines fifth- and sixth-grade children's responses to social rejection in relation to beliefs about the relative malleability of social skills and perceptions of responsibility for and control over social outcomes. Results show such beliefs and perceptions are associated with children's ability to surmount rejections and persist toward social…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Ability, Elementary School Students, Helplessness
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Shrivastava, Rashmi – Youth and Society, 1989
Investigates the levels of political efficacy reported by college students in the United States, England, and India. Discusses the factors that influence political efficacy in each culture including educational faculty, gender, age, religion, language, residence, economic status, student's characteristics, interest in politics and party…
Descriptors: Age, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
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Stipek, Deborah J.; Kowalski, Patricia S. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1989
A study involving 110 fifth- and sixth-graders (51 male and 59 female), classified as low or high in effort orientation, assessed the effects of task- versus performance-oriented instructions on a computer-assisted test programed to ensure that all examinees failed to solve all problems. Problem-solving strategy analyses were preformed. (TJH)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Discrimination Learning
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Nurmi, Jari-Erik; And Others – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1995
Two studies with a total of 153 junior and senior high-school students and vocational students in Finland investigated whether underachievers applied a self-handicapping or learned-helplessness strategy in achievement contexts. Underachievers seemed to apply a self-handicapping strategy rather than a learned-helplessness approach. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries
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Boggiano, Ann K.; Barrett, Marty – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1991
Five studies, involving 70 male, 133 female, and 6 unknown adults, examine potential determinants of gender differences in helplessness of children by investigating 2 steps in the expectancy confirmation process: gender-based expectations, and proposed differential treatment for inadequate academic performance based on gender. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, Children, College Students
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Piper, David – McGill Journal of Education, 1997
Argues that some familiarity with postmodern theories of the self may help beginning teachers come to terms with their own problems of establishing a strong sense of selfhood and authenticity. Briefly reviews the Cartesian-inspired idea of the self and contrasts that with the postmodern recognition of the modern self. (MJP)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Helplessness, Higher Education, Individual Development
Wiseman, Richard L.; And Others – 1986
A study examined the communication problems between nondisabled and disabled persons. A questionnaire was created based on a theoretical model of intercultural communication involving three levels of analysis: intrapersonal, interpersonal, and systematic. One hundred and two nondisabled and 40 disabled subjects reacted to a helping situation…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Behavior Standards, Communication Problems, Communication Research
Haussmann, Monika Johanna – 1981
Research has confirmed the prevalence of depression in women, based on theoretical explanations that encompass genetic/endocrinological factors, the learned helplessness model, the cognitive model of depression, the effects of marital and occupational roles, and/or social discrimination. Women (N=215) completed a questionnaire which examined…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Depression (Psychology), Employed Women, Employment Level
Perry, Raymond P.; And Others – 1978
The effects of test performance feedback (contingent, noncontingent, control) and teacher expressiveness (low, high) on student achievement in a simulated college classroom were investigated. Subjects (N=75) wrote an analogies test which provided either contingent or noncontingent performance feedback, after which they viewed a videotaped lecture…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Research, College Students, Feedback
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Winograd, Peter; Niquette, Garland – Topics in Language Disorders, 1988
Feelings of helplessness can impact on learning to read. This research review illustrates problems in assessing learned helplessness, including instrumentation inadequacies, lack of comprehensive causal schemes, context specificity, etc. Observations of and discussions with the child are recommended in the assessment process. Guidelines for…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicap Identification
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Jarvis, Sharon; Seifert, Tim – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2002
A study examining causes of work avoidance interviewed 20 work-avoidant students in grades 6 and 7 from 3 schools in Newfoundland (Canada). Students withdrew effort because they were bored, as an expression of hostility toward the teacher, or because of feelings of helplessness. Implications for teacher practice and school policies are discussed.…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Practices, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
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Keyes, Corey L. M. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2005
A continuous assessment and a categorical diagnosis of the presence (i.e., flourishing) and the absence (i.e., languishing) of mental health were proposed and applied to the Midlife in the United States study data, a nationally representative sample of adults between the ages of 25 and 74 years (N = 3,032). Confirmatory factor analyses supported…
Descriptors: Identification, Mental Disorders, Mental Health, Intimacy
Barko, Naomi – Innovation Abstracts, 1983
Researchers are finding that high demands plus low control over how the job is done make a job stressful. According to Professor Robert Karasek of Columbia University, the statistics on heart disease and high blood pressure prove that nonprofessional workers such as typists are under more stress than professional workers such as teachers. Dr.…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Clerical Occupations, Emotional Problems, Females
Bumpus, J. Frank – 1983
An attributional model that conceptualizes the pressures that reduce professors' personal and career vitality is presented. The model is based primarily on the locus of control literature and especially the reformulated model of learned helplessness by Lynn Abramson, Martin Seligman, and John Teasdale. The analysis deals only with the cognitive…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, College Faculty, Depression (Psychology), Faculty College Relationship
Shaha, Steven H. – 1982
When people experience failures they search for an explanation of why the failure occurred. The process of seeking an explanatory cause is the basis of attribution theory. Causal attributions include the dimensions of locus of causality (internal or external), stability of the cause over time, and the degree of personal control over the outcome.…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Coping, Emotional Response, Failure
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