Chaotic Environment, Learned Helplessness, and Academic Achievement in Early Adolescence

dc.contributor.author	Genero, Christine
dc.date.accessioned	2008-05-16T10:49:14Z
dc.date.available	2008-05-16T10:49:14Z
dc.date.issued	2008-05-16T10:49:14Z
dc.description.abstract	This study demonstrated that exposure to chaotic home environments predicted academic achievement in thirteen year old, rural adolescents (N = 145) living in Upstate New York. It was hypothesized learned helplessness may mediate the relationship between childhood environment and academic achievement in adolescence. In this thesis I propose a unique pathway to explain poor academic achievement in early adolescents living in chaotic environments as mediated by learned helplessness. Regression analysis revealed learned helplessness as a mediator between chaotic environments and academic achievement. Young adolescents with high levels of home chaos had higher levels of learned helplessness, which resulted in lower English and Math grades. Confounding covariance with income is discussed.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1813/10811
dc.subject	chaotic environment	en_US
dc.subject	learned helplessness	en_US
dc.subject	academic achievement	en_US
dc.subject	adolescence	en_US
dc.subject	rural	en_US
dc.title	Chaotic Environment, Learned Helplessness, and Academic Achievement in Early Adolescence	en_US
dc.type	dissertation or thesis	en_US

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