Testing the Validity of Reformulated Learned Helplessness Theory : Do the Theoretical Classifications of Causes for Failure Match Subjects' Perceptions?

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In order to test the validity of the reformulated Learned Helplessness (LH) theory's attributional dimensions, this study examined whether two causes of failure such as bad luck and lack of effort generally match the subjects' perception. 65 Japanese undergraduates (18 males and 47 females with a mean age of 19.46) were asked to answer the Expanded Attributional Style Questionnaire three times in different "pretend" conditions : nopretend, unluckypretend, and effortpretend. As a result, the unluckypretend condition was significantly rated as more external and uncontrollable than the effortpretend condition. On the other hand, the effortpretend condition was significantly rated as more internal and controllable than the unluckypretend condition. However, the results were not consistent with the predictions in the global-specific and stableunstable dimensions. Also, regarding the relation between internal-external and control-no control dimensions, there were two strongly different tendencies in the subjects' perception of lack of effort.
2002-03-15