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author integrates virtually the entire published literature on the phenomenon of learned helplessness, as well as some unpublished data, into a single coherent theoretical framework.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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1 The Empirical and Theoretical Basis of Human Learned Helplessness.- 2 Coping Strategies as Proximal Mediators of LH Effects.- 3 Mental Rumination as a Proximal Mediator of LH Effects.- 4 The Expectancy of Control as a Distal Mediator of LH Effects.- 5 Emotional Arousal as a Distal Mediator of LH Effects.- 6 Perceived Task Value as a Moderator of LH Effects.- 7 Self-Focused Attention as a Moderator of LH Effects.- 8 A Coping Perspective of Human Learned Helplessness.- References.