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Au, Raymond C. P.; Watkins, David A.; Hattie, John A. C. – Educational Psychology, 2010
The aim of the present study is to explore a causal model of academic achievement and learning-related personal variables by testing the nature of relationships between learned hopelessness, its risk factors and hopelessness deficits as proposed in major theories in this area. The model investigates affective-motivational characteristics of…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Causal Models, Self Efficacy, Academic Achievement
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Au, Raymond C. P.; Watkins, David; Hattie, John; Alexander, Patricia – Educational Research Review, 2009
This review explores developments in the construct of learned hopelessness, which originated in the clinical literature dealing with depression. In that context, the model developed by Abramson, Metalsky, and Alloy [Abramson, L. Y., Metalsky, G. I., & Alloy, L. B. (1989). "Hopelessness depression: A theory-based subtype of depression."…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Expectation, Success, Low Achievement