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Horowitz, Sandra V. – 1981
Several psychological theories are viable when examining the victims of intimate violence, specifically battered women. Although cognitive consistency models view individuals as striving toward balanced cognitive states, battered women can exist with the cognitive inconsistency of being harmed by men who love them. The theory of cognitive arousal…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Battered Women, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes
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Hokoda, Audrey; Fincham, Frank D. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1995
An exploratory study examined the origins of children's motivational patterns in the family by observing 10 helpless and 11 mastery-oriented third graders. Findings are consistent with the hypothesis that mothers of mastery children may socialize their children's achievement motivation. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Affective Behavior, Behavior Patterns
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Shurman, Lauren A.; Rodriguez, Christina M. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2006
A model of women's readiness to terminate an abusive relationship was examined, using cognitive and emotional factors to predict readiness to change as conceptualized in the transtheoretical model. Factors previously identified in the domestic violence literature were selected to represent cognitive predictors (attribution and attachment style)…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Females, Family Violence, Models
Mikulecky, Larry; Adams, Susan McIntyre – 1986
Employing measures of attributional styles and metacognitive reading behaviors, a study investigated whether a relationship exists between passive reading behaviors and extreme attributional styles (learned helplessness) in college students on academic probation. Attributional style and metacognitive strategies exhibited while reading college text…
Descriptors: Academic Probation, Attribution Theory, Behavior Patterns, College Students
Diamond, Gregory; Bachman, Jerald G. – 1987
This paper summarizes an investigation of a specific set of findings from the Monitoring the Future project, an annual survey of the attitudes and values of high school seniors that has occurred since 1975. The findings investigated relate to indicators of anxiety among these students about the threat of nuclear war. The study developed two…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Depression (Psychology), Helplessness, High School Graduates
Blai, Boris, Jr. – 1980
Doctors annually treat between approximately four and eight million Americans for depression. Behavioral changes in depressed individuals are characterized by sadness, loneliness, and apathy. Other symptoms include fatigue, early morning insomnia, loss of appetite, and suicide attempts. Underlying depression may mask itself in physical symptoms,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Depression (Psychology), Drug Therapy
Perry, Raymond P.; And Others – 1980
Learned helplessness occurs when an organism learns that escape from aversive stimulation and/or the occurrence of reinforcement are independent of response (noncontingent). The learned helplessness model was applied to a classroom setting to examine its relationship to student performance. Response/outcome contingency conditions were combined…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Behavior Theories, College Faculty, College Students
Hall, Janet M. – Illinois Teacher of Home Economics, 1985
The most common types of latchkey situations are examined, and the common fears felt by these children are listed. Suggestions for improving the latchkey situation are given: pre- and post-school care provided by teenagers at schools, child care at neighborhood homes, and students offering self-care workshops to families. (CT)
Descriptors: After School Programs, Child Caregivers, Child Responsibility, Childhood Attitudes
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Kirova-Petrova, Anna – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2000
Interviews with 10 linguistically diverse elementary students revealed that they felt lonely because they could not communicate with their peers. Loss of self-esteem and development of learned helplessness syndrome were directly related to length of time they experienced loneliness. Teacher's nonverbal communication and social interactions that do…
Descriptors: Children, Communication Problems, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
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Davis, Gwendolyn Y.; Stevenson, Howard C. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2006
Ecological barriers like racism and discrimination can weigh heavily on the shifting emotions of adolescents. We investigated the relationship of racial socialization experiences to the depression symptoms of 160 Black adolescents, including lethargy, low self-esteem, cognitive difficulties, social introversion, irritability, guilt, pessimism, sad…
Descriptors: African American Children, Socialization, Mental Health Workers, Adolescents
Northouse, Peter G. – 1987
Noting that loss of control is a major concern confronting patients experiencing an illness, this paper critically analyzes the research literature on control and clarifies the implications of this research for provider-patient communication. The paper first defines control, noting that the most frequently cited definition is the "locus of…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Cognitive Restructuring, Coping, Emotional Response
Laes, Timo; Laes, Tuula – 2001
This study is part of cross cultural research on the relationship between career and couple burnout in six countries (England, Finland, Israel, Portugal, Spain, and the USA.) This pilot study presents first results of Finnish data. Female elementary school teachers (N=56) and male students (N=70) in academic professional education completed the…
Descriptors: Burnout, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary School Teachers
Dweck, Carol S. – 2000
Based on extensive research with children and young adults, this book examines adaptive and maladaptive cognitive-motivational patterns and shows how these patterns originate in people's self theories; their consequences for one's achievement, social relationships, and emotional well-being; their consequences for society; and the experiences that…
Descriptors: Achievement, Child Development, Children, Cognitive Development
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Cheung, Chau-Kiu; Kwok, Siu-Tong – Journal of Social Psychology, 1996
Hypothesizes that a conservative and individualistic orientation results in the fatalistic, alienated, and helpless outlook known as hopelessness. Provides extensive references to studies and theories characterizing conservatism and a work ethic belief as manifestations of an a maladaptive stage of psychological development. (MJP)
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Beliefs, College Students, Conservatism
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Powell, Lois – Journal of Negro Education, 1990
Large numbers of African Americans learn early in life that they fail to perform adequately in mathematics and science, resulting in helplessness syndromes. Learned helplessness in science and mathematics can be ameliorated through desensitization of mathematics phobia, freeing educational environments of crowding and noise, and special career…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Black Students, Career Choice, Educational Environment
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