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Peer reviewedBuys, Nicholas J.; Winefield, Anthony H. – Journal of Research in Personality, 1982
Compared high-school students differing in achievement motivation in a learned helplessness experiment. A strong helplessness effect was observed in both high- and low-achievement motivation groups. Results show a strong learned helplessness effect unrelated to individual differences in achievement motivation and refute claims that helplessness…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Helplessness, High School Students, Individual Differences
