Helplessness Among University Students: An Empirical Study Based on a Modified Framework of Implicit Personality Theories

Ziegler A, Gläser-Zikuda M, Kopp B, Bedenlier S, Händel M (2021)


Publication Status: In review

Publication Type: Journal article, Original article

Future Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2021

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URI: https://psyarxiv.com/md93x/

DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/md93x

Abstract

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and within a very short period of time, teaching in the 2020 summer term changed from predominantly on-site to online instruction. Students suddenly faced having to adapt their learning process to new demands for which they may have had both insufficient digital skills and a lack of learning resources. Such a situation carries the risk that a substantial number of students become helpless. The aim of our empirical study was to test a hybrid framework of helplessness that includes both objective causes of helplessness and students' subjective interpretations of them. Before lectures or courses began, students of a full-scale university were invited to participate in an online survey. The final sample consists of 1,690 students. Results indicate that objective factors as well as their subjective interpretations contribute to the formation of helplessness.

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APA:

Ziegler, A., Gläser-Zikuda, M., Kopp, B., Bedenlier, S., & Händel, M. (2021). Helplessness Among University Students: An Empirical Study Based on a Modified Framework of Implicit Personality Theories. Journal of Science Education. https://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/md93x

MLA:

Ziegler, Albert, et al. "Helplessness Among University Students: An Empirical Study Based on a Modified Framework of Implicit Personality Theories." Journal of Science Education (2021).

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