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References:
Learned helplessness research with dogs: Seligman, M. E. P. (1972). Learned Helplessness. Annual Review of Medicine, 23, 407412. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.me.23...

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), 187–193. https://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), 311–327. https://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), 49–74. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021843X.87....

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