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Learned helplessness resembles depression, so understanding how learned helplessness works helps us understand depression, and figure out ways to make it less likely we become depressed. Check out my free Self-Help for Depression course at selfhelptoons.com/depression and if you'd like to support my channel, please see the links below π
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βΆοΈ Explanatory Style and Reducing Depression: youtu.be/Wanzq5t7ulc and youtu.be/AN1RQDf2Mtw
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References:
Learned helplessness research with dogs: Seligman, M. E. P. (1972). Learned Helplessness. Annual Review of Medicine, 23, 407-412. doi.org/10.1146/annurev.me.23.020172.002203
Learned helplessness research with human subjects in one domain: Hiroto, D. S. (1974). Locus of control and learned helplessness. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 102(2), 187β193. doi.org/10.1037/h0035910
Learned helplessness research with human subjects in two domains: Hiroto, D. S., & Seligman, M. E. (1975). Generality of learned helplessness in man. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 31(2), 311β327. doi.org/10.1037/h0076270
Explanatory Styles: Abramson, L. Y., Seligman, M. E., & Teasdale, J. D. (1978). Learned helplessness in humans: Critique and reformulation. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 87(1), 49β74. doi.org/10.1037/0021-843X.87.1.49
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About the Creator: Created by a Registered Psychotherapist with a Masterβs degree in Counseling Psychology and over 25 years of experience in child, adolescent and adult mental health. These videos make evidence-based, empirically supported psychological concepts accessible through animation.
Learned helplessness resembles depression, so understanding how learned helplessness works helps us understand depression, and figure out ways to make it less likely we become depressed. Check out my free Self-Help for Depression course at selfhelptoons.com/depression and if you'd like to support my channel, please see the links below π
β€οΈ Join my channel with the JOIN button next to SUBSCRIBE
β Buy Me A Coffee ko-fi.com/selfhelptoons
π PayPal paypal.me/selfhelptoons
π Become A Patron patreon.com/SelfHelpToons
π TikTok tiktok.com/@selfhelptoons
π Instagram instagram.com/selfhelptoons
π Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/selfhelptoons.bsky.social
Related:
βΆοΈ Explanatory Style and Reducing Depression: youtu.be/Wanzq5t7ulc and youtu.be/AN1RQDf2Mtw
π Learned Optimism, by Martin Seligman amzn.to/3hJncRn
References:
Learned helplessness research with dogs: Seligman, M. E. P. (1972). Learned Helplessness. Annual Review of Medicine, 23, 407-412. doi.org/10.1146/annurev.me.23.020172.002203
Learned helplessness research with human subjects in one domain: Hiroto, D. S. (1974). Locus of control and learned helplessness. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 102(2), 187β193. doi.org/10.1037/h0035910
Learned helplessness research with human subjects in two domains: Hiroto, D. S., & Seligman, M. E. (1975). Generality of learned helplessness in man. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 31(2), 311β327. doi.org/10.1037/h0076270
Explanatory Styles: Abramson, L. Y., Seligman, M. E., & Teasdale, J. D. (1978). Learned helplessness in humans: Critique and reformulation. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 87(1), 49β74. doi.org/10.1037/0021-843X.87.1.49
Credits:
Cartoon People by VectorToons (vectortoons.com/) CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0), via Wikimedia Commons
Martin Seligman photot By M.s.ananya - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=76467752
Headphones by Claudia Marnitz from NounProject.com
Thinking by Setyo Ari Wibowo from NounProject.com
Thinking by Swadharma Wiyastana from NounProject.com
Card Sorting Test By Xiaozhu89 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37683896 γ €
About the Creator: Created by a Registered Psychotherapist with a Masterβs degree in Counseling Psychology and over 25 years of experience in child, adolescent and adult mental health. These videos make evidence-based, empirically supported psychological concepts accessible through animation.
