Helplessness in Early Childhood: The Role of Contingent Worth.
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| Title: | Helplessness in Early Childhood: The Role of Contingent Worth. |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Burhans, Karen Klein, Dweck, Carol S. |
| Source: | Child Development. Dec 1995 66(6):1719-1738. |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 20 |
| Publication Date: | 1995 |
| Document Type: | Information Analyses Opinion Papers Journal Articles |
| Descriptors: | Academic Failure, Developmental Stages, Elementary School Students, Helplessness, Models, Perceptual Development, Personality Traits, Preschool Children, Self Concept |
| ISSN: | 0009-3920 |
| Abstract: | Reviews a series of studies documenting that key aspects of helpless reactions to failure are present in preschool and early elementary school children. Proposes a preliminary model in which a general conception of self and the notion of this self as an object of contingent worth are sufficient conditions for helplessness. (HTH) |
| Journal Code: | CIJAPR1996 |
| Entry Date: | 1996 |
| Accession Number: | EJ515254 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Reviews a series of studies documenting that key aspects of helpless reactions to failure are present in preschool and early elementary school children. Proposes a preliminary model in which a general conception of self and the notion of this self as an object of contingent worth are sufficient conditions for helplessness. (HTH) |
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| ISSN: | 0009-3920 |
