Lyn Y. Abramson contributed an influential reformulation of learned helplessness in humans. The account distinguishes explanations that differ in internality, stability and generality, linking attributional style to predictions about self-esteem and persistence of difficulty. It is a theoretical explanation to be tested against observations, rather than a claim that all depression has one identical cause. [ref]
Learned helplessness in humans: critique and reformulation by Lyn Y. Abramson and others. 1978, attributional dimensions and reformulated predictions
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