An inventory to measure helplessness, hopelessness, and haplessness

Psychological Reports

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 495-498

  Lester, David ^a  

^a RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HELPLESSNESS, LEARNED; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS;

EID: 0035751815     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2001.89.3.495     Document Type: Article

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