Learned Helplessness in High School Students Following Experience of Noncontingent Rewards.

Buys, Nicholas J.; Winefield, Anthony H.

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Publication Date: 1982-Mar

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Learned Helplessness in High School Students Following Experience of Noncontingent Rewards.

Buys, Nicholas J.; Winefield, Anthony H.

Journal of Research in Personality, v16 n1 p118-27 Mar 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 depends on aversive outcomes. (Author/JAC)

Descriptors: Achievement Need, Helplessness, High School Students, Individual Differences, Psychological Patterns, Rewards, Secondary Education, Sex Differences, Student Motivation

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