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| The onset and alleviation of learned helplessness in older hospitalized people | | Author(s) | M Faulkner |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 5, no 4, November 2001 |
| Pages | pp 379-386 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Independence ; Feeding capacity ; Competence ; In-patients. |
| Annotation | The theory of learned helplessness (LH) states that when organisms experience uncontrollable events, they form an expectation that future events will also be uncontrollable. This study investigates the relevance of LH and learned memory (LM) theories in the respective development of dependence and independence in older people in hospital. Patient participants were assessed for LH effects for meal-related responses to a meal-related task and a non-meal-related psychomotor task. Those participants exposed to the LH inducing strategy demonstrated LH effects within both the meal and psychomotor tasks. These effects were alleviated through exposing participants to an LM inducing intervention (no active assistance). Exposing older people in hospital to uncontrollable or disempowering circumstances may potentially lead them to develop a LH induced dependence. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-011210213 A |
| Classmark | C3: CA4: DPB: LF7 |
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