Human Learned Helplessness A Coping Perspective
Summarizing 25 years of research, the author integrates virtually the entire published literature on the phenomenon of learned helplessness, as well as some unpublished data, into a single coherent theoretical framework. Dr. Mikulincer accounts for the co
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HUMAN LEARNED HELPLESSNESS A COPING PERSPECTIVE
MARIO MIKULINCER Bar-Ilan University Ramat Can, Israel
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Mikulincer, Mario. Human learned helplessness : a coping perspective / Mario Mikul incer. p. cm. — (The Plenum series 1n social/clinical psychology) 1. Helplessness (Psychology) BF575.H4M55 1994 155.2 ' 3 2 — d c20
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ISBN 978-1-4899-0938-1 ISBN 978-1-4899-0936-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4899-0936-7 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 1994 Originally published by Plenum Press, New York in 1994 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1994 All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher
PREFACE
Hundreds of empirical and theoretical papers on human learned helplessness have appeared in the scientific literature over the past two decades. Although research on learned helplessness was originally confined to the study of learning processes in the laboratory, the concept has had wide appeal; it now captivates the attention of cognitive, social, personality, clinical, and developmental psychologists in a wide variety of settings. As a result, learned helplessness is currently one of the most widely investigated phenomena in psychology, and there is a great need for a comprehensive examination and integration of the literature. Moreover, because there is a large amount of debate in the literature, there is also a need for a single well-articulated framework to encompass the multidimensional and complex nature of the learned helplessness phenomenon. This book focuses on the cognitive, motivational, and emotional processes that intervene between repeated exposure to uncontrollab
