Human Learned Helplessness: A Coping Perspective

by Mario Mikulincer

Book Overview

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author integrates virtually the entire published literature on the phenomenon of learned helplessness, as well as some unpublished data, into a single coherent theoretical framework.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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1489909389
• ISBN13: 9781489909381
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"