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helplessness Helplessness is a state of feeling that one’s actions are unlikely to improve outcomes, which can lower perceived control and reduce help-seeking or active engagement.

Helplessness is a state of feeling that one’s actions are unlikely to improve outcomes, which can lower perceived control and reduce help-seeking or active engagement. In educational settings, it may be shaped by poor support or exclusion and can reinforce withdrawal from others.

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Drafting source: Ayyildiz Pinar. Academic self-perceptions and AI use among health professions students: the serial mediating roles of learned helplessness and academic-clinical learning loneliness. 2026; DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1955625; article XML SHA-256 7dc2ba24775d1c54188440c579b4171f9babb10db79a4578f1be9efdca347dfa. “Academic self-perceptions and AI use among health professions students: the serial mediating roles of learned helplessness and academic-clinical learning loneliness” (10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1955625).
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