Abstract
Learned helplessness behavior and cognitions were assessed in 95 kindergarten-age children during a series of impossible puzzle trials followed by a solvable puzzle trial. Latent growth curve analysis revealed reliable individual differences in the trajectories of children's affect, motivation, and self-cognitions over time. Parents' reports of negative life events, harsh/negative parenting, and warm/positive parenting were associated with their children's learned helplessness behavioral trajectories and outcomes over the course of the puzzle trials. Results support speculations about the developmental origins of depressive explanatory or attributional style in children.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 295-312 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Clinical child psychology and psychiatry |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2007 |
Keywords
- Attributional style
- Children
- Cognitive style
- Depression
- Explanatory style
- Learned helplessness
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
- Clinical Psychology
- Psychiatry and Mental health