Learned Helplessness Scale

Learned Helplessness is a psychological/emotional state that develops when an individual is subjected to repeated aversive stimuli (abuse, neglect, etc.) over which it has no control. When an individual is subjected to repeated aversive stimuli that it cannot control or escape, it comes to believe and behave as if it is powerless to do anything about it.

The following scale measures the extent to which you have adopted an attitude of learned helplessness in your life. If your score is below 45 or so, you may have elements of learned helplessness in your cognitive and emotional structures.

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Please place a check in the box that most closely describes you or your feelings about yourself.