TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of extraversion in the development of learned helplessness
AU - Tiggemann, Marika
AU - Winefield, Anthony H.
AU - Brebner, John
PY - 1982
Y1 - 1982
N2 - An experiment is reported which investigated the effect of the individual fdifference variable of introversion-extraversion on a typical learned-helplessness induction procedure. It was found that introverts displayed a much more marked helplessness effect than extraverts, in accord with predictions made by the Brebner-Cooper model of extraversion in terms of inhibition and excitation deriving from stimulus analysis and response organization. It was concluded that there are individual differences in response to uncontrollable outcomes which are not taken into account by the current theories of learned helplessness, and further, that these may be mediated by characteristics of the actual task employed.
AB - An experiment is reported which investigated the effect of the individual fdifference variable of introversion-extraversion on a typical learned-helplessness induction procedure. It was found that introverts displayed a much more marked helplessness effect than extraverts, in accord with predictions made by the Brebner-Cooper model of extraversion in terms of inhibition and excitation deriving from stimulus analysis and response organization. It was concluded that there are individual differences in response to uncontrollable outcomes which are not taken into account by the current theories of learned helplessness, and further, that these may be mediated by characteristics of the actual task employed.
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U2 - 10.1016/0191-8869(82)90071-X
DO - 10.1016/0191-8869(82)90071-X
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0141663376
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 3
SP - 27
EP - 34
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
IS - 1
ER -