Summarizing 25 years of research, the author integrates virtually the
entire published literature on the phenomenon of learned helplessness,
as well as some unpublished data, into a single coherent theoretical
framework. Dr. Mikulincer accounts for the complex nature of the
phenomenon by focusing on cognitive, motivational, and emotional
processes, and then details a new coping perspective to deal with
uncontrollable events. His groundbreaking work will become an essential
reference for all future work in the field.