will be less likely to participate in early detection and screening and risk reduction behaviors. Persons with learned helplessness facing chronic illness may feel as if nothing they do will change the circumstances that they are in. Concept Identification Personal experience with learned helplessness was the main influence in choosing between the topics of uncertainty and learned helplessness. Learned helplessness has been witnessed by the author when caring for patients with disease processes such as diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GB). The patients had a sense of up”. Learned helplessness can influence the health outcomes of the patient and thus a “giving further analysis of this phenomenon was chosen. Definition The definition of learned helplessness, as cited in is Dictionary.com’s 21st Century Lexicon, mental condition in which one becomes unable to help oneself due to previous failed attempts “a at controlling one’s life; also, a condition in which a person establishes and maintains contact with another by adopting a helpless, powerless stance.” The definition also provides an example, helplessness is conditioned behavior in which an individual gives up trying to escape a “Learned painful situation after repeatedly failing to escape.” Discipline Uses of the Concept Learned helplessness is found in humans and animals. It can occur anytime spanning from childhood to death. Learned helplessness has been studied and researched in multiple disciplines. The bulk of research has been studied in the discipline of psychology with the effect of depression in regards to learned helplessness. The discipline of social services has focused on learned helplessness in regards to battered women or long-term poverty. The discipline of
will be less likely to participate in early detection and screening and risk reduction behaviors. Persons with learned helplessness facing chronic illness may feel as if nothing they do will change the circumstances that they are in. Concept Identification Personal experience with learned helplessness was the main influence in choosing between the topics of uncertainty and learned helplessness. Learned helplessness has been witnessed by the author when caring for patients with disease processes such as diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GB). The patients had a sense of “giving up”. Learned helplessness can influence the health outcomes of the patient and thus a further analysis of this phenomenon was chosen. Definition The definition of learned helplessness, as cited in Dictionary.com’s 21st Century Lexicon, is “a mental condition in which one becomes unable to help oneself due to previous failed attempts at controlling one’s life; also, a condition in which a person establishes and maintains contact with another by adopting a helpless, powerless stance.” The definition also provides an example, “Learned helplessness is conditioned behavior in which an individual gives up trying to escape a painful situation after repeatedly failing to escape.” Discipline Uses of the Concept Learned helplessness is found in humans and animals. It can occur anytime spanning from childhood to death. Learned helplessness has been studied and researched in multiple disciplines. The bulk of research has been studied in the discipline of psychology with the effect of depression in regards to learned helplessness. The discipline of social services has focused on learned helplessness in regards to battered women or long-term poverty. The discipline of
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