Learned Helplessness: Perceived Effects of Ability and Effort on Academic Performance among EH and LD/EH Children.

Luchow, Jed P.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ326713

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Publication Date: 1985

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Learned Helplessness: Perceived Effects of Ability and Effort on Academic Performance among EH and LD/EH Children.

Luchow, Jed P.; And Others

Journal of Learning Disabilities, v18 n8 p470-74 Oct 1985

The study involving 28 educationally handicapped (EH) and 25 learning disabled LD/EH children (mean ages 13 and 12 years) included among its results that EH Ss took significantly more personal responsibility for academic failure than did LD/EH Ss; EH Ss attributed success to ability but failure to both lack of ability and lack of effort. (Author/CL)

Descriptors: Academic Failure, Attribution Theory, Elementary Secondary Education, Helplessness, Learning Disabilities, Locus of Control, Mild Disabilities, Mild Mental Retardation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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