Attributional style and the generality of learned helplessness.
Attributional style and the generality of learned helplessness.
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归因风格和习得性无助的普遍性。
DOI:
10.1037//0022-3514.46.3.681
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发表时间:
1984
影响因子:
7.6
通讯作者:
Seligman,ME
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作者:
Alloy,LB;Peterson,C;Abramson,LY;Seligman,ME
According to the logic of the attribution reformulation of learned helplessness, the interaction of 2 factors influences whether helplessness experienced in one situation will transfer to a new situation. The model predicts that people who exhibit a style of attributing negative outcomes to global factors will show helplessness deficits in new situations that are either similar or dissimilar to the original situation in which they were helpless. In contrast, people who exhibit a style of attributing negative outcomes to only specific factors will show helplessness deficits in situations that are similar, but not dissimilar, to the original situation in which they were helpless. To test these predictions, 2 studies were conducted in which undergraduates with either a global or specific attributional style for negative outcomes (as measured by the Attributional Style Questionnaire) were given 1 of 3 pretreatments in the typical helplessness triadic design: controllable bursts of noise, uncontrollable bursts of noise, or no noise. Ss were also administered the Beck Depression Inventory. In Exp I, 108 Ss were tested for helplessness deficits in a test situation similar to the pretreatment setting, whereas in Exp II, 60 Ss were tested in a test situation dissimilar to the pretreatment setting. Findings are consistent with predictions of the reformulated helplessness theory.(23 ref)(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)