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author integrates virtually the entire published literature on the phenomenon of learned helplessness, as well as some unpublished data, into a single coherent theoretical framework.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 complex nature of the phenomenon by focusing on cognitive, motivational, and emotional processes, and then details a new coping perspective to deal with uncontrollable events. His groundbreaking work will become an essential reference for all future work in the field.

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The Empirical and Theoretical Basis of Human Learned Helplessness. Proximal Mediators of LH Effects: 1. Coping Strategies. Proximal Mediators of LH Effects: 2. Mental Rumination. Distal Mediators of LH Effects: 1. The Expectancy of Control. Distal Mediators of LH Effects: 2. Emotional Arousal. Moderators of LH Effects: 1. Perceived Task Value. Moderators of LH Effects: 2. Self-focused Attention. A Coping Perspective of Human Learned Helplessness. Index.