Abstract:
This study aimed at identiyfing the prediction ability of negative selfconcept
, Optimism and pessimism in learned helplessness. The study sample
consisted of )53( male and female students who were joining Source rooms
in public schools in the capital Amman, aged between)9-11(years old. To
achieve goals of the study, the researcher prepared three scales, the first one is
learned helplessness scale, the second was the scale of negative self-concept,
and the third was the scale of optimism and pessimism. Acceptable validity
and reliability indicators were reached and justified for the purposes of the
study.
The study results showed that the level of learned helplessness for students
with learning disabilities was high in the total score of the scale of learned
helplessness with average )3.85(, and in the level of negative self-concept in
the total score of the scale of negative self-concept with average )3.68(.The
study resuts also revealed that the level of optimism and pessimism came
at a total average of )4.03(, which indicates a high degrees of prevalence of
pessimism on the scale of optimism and pessimism.. The results indicated
that there were no statistically significant differences in the learner deficit
due to the variable negative self concept ,optimisim and pessimism, while
statistically significant differences were found for learned helplessness due to
the variable of sex. Finally, overall correlation coefficient between the three
variables of the study and learned helplessness )14.6%( Step Wise Regression
showed that the variable of sex was statistically significant which was (0.392),
The researcher concludes with recommendation for conducting further studies
on learned helplessness with other variables in different environments and
different samples.