Under enduring constraint, disengagement may reflect accurate calibration to low translation fidelity rather than low self-efficacy¶

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Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q1 i? In rigid settings, low perceived control may be accurate rather than maladaptive; learners may reduce effort because the translation from effort to progress is predictably blocked. → Srinivasan 2026

Evidence¶

Srinivasan 2026¶

Srinivasan, H. (2026). Possibility Mindset: A Theory of Motivation Under Constraint, with Neurodivergence as a Revealing Interpretive Case. Preprint (v1) posted to PsyArXiv on January 18, 2026. https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv

q1 · i? · theoretical · r2

Theoretical argument in the section on control, self-efficacy, and attribution as close neighbors. The article introduces translation fidelity as the likelihood that effort will be met with environmental conditions necessary for it to count as progress; no data are reported.

"Under enduring constraint, disengagement may therefore reflect accurate calibration to low translation fidelity rather than low confidence or externalized control"

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