Bayer C, Fleischmann U M
Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Institut für Psychologie II, Lehrstuhl IV.
Z Gerontol. 1987 Jul-Aug;20(4):204-9.
Seligman's concept of "learned helplessness" is examined with a sample of rest-home residents. A semi-structured interview is used to assess attributions in the dimensions of internality, stability and generality for past, present, and future life-events. Interrelations of these attributions with depression and age-related self-esteem are investigated. According to Seligman's model elderly subjects with high scores in depression and age-related self-esteem tend to attribute negative life-events as internal, stable and global. Some other assumptions of the model of "learned helplessness" could not be confirmed. Methodological problems are discussed with respect to Seligman's theory of learned helplessness and depression in the elderly.
以养老院居民为样本，对塞利格曼的“习得性无助”概念进行了研究。采用半结构化访谈来评估过去、现在和未来生活事件在内在性、稳定性和普遍性维度上的归因。研究了这些归因与抑郁和与年龄相关的自尊之间的相互关系。根据塞利格曼的模型，在抑郁和与年龄相关的自尊方面得分较高的老年受试者倾向于将负面生活事件归因于内在、稳定和全局。“习得性无助”模型的其他一些假设未能得到证实。针对塞利格曼关于老年人习得性无助和抑郁的理论，讨论了方法学问题。
