ATTRIBUTIONAL STYLES, LOCUS OF CONTROL, SEX AND SUSCEPTIBILITY OF LEARNED HELPLESSNESS
STYL ATRYBUCJI, POCZUCIE KONTROLI I PŁEĆ A PODATNOŚĆ NA POWSTAWANIE SYNDROMU WYUCZONEJ BEZRADNOŚCI
Author(s): Tomasz JarmakowskiSubject(s): Psychology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: learned helplessness; attributional style; locus of control; individual differences
Summary/Abstract: The article is the review of chosen researches and theories that relates to individual differences in susceptibility of learned helplessness (LH). In the first part of the article the specificity of the learned helplessness syndrome is outlined. Next the theories that are relevant when individual differences in susceptibility of LH are concerned, are presented. Then the researches related to the role of three individual differences: attributional style, Locus of Control and sex, in susceptibility of LH are presented and discussed. In the last part of the article there are some conclusions from the presented researches. Also some conclusions about the possible directions of the future researches to help to separate the reactions to single failure from the reactions to helplessness training.
Journal: Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Psychologica
- Issue Year: 2009
- Issue No: 13
- Page Range: 55-73
- Page Count: 19