Incarceration and learned helplessness

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 224-232

  Schill, Richard A ^a   Marcus, David K ^b  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRISONER; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT;

EID: 0031711342     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X9804200304     Document Type: Article

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