Learned helplessness: A survey of cognitive, motivational and perceptual-motor consequences in motor tasks

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 403-412

  Gernigon, Christophe ^a   Thill, Edgar ^b   Fleurance, Philippe ^a  

^a Institut National du Sport et de l'Education Physique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Learned helplessness; Motivation; Motor tasks; Performance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE; READING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HELPLESSNESS, LEARNED; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0033046931     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026404199365920     Document Type: Article

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