The purpose of this study is to construct and analyze causal loops diagram of the formation of academic helplessness. In order to achieve the research purpose, first, previous studies on the formation of academic helplessness were reviewed based on the PPCT model of ecological systems theory. After that, four causal loops were constructed and analyzed according to the concept of academic helplessness by applying the systems thinking perspective.
Finally, the causal loop diagram on the formation of academic helplessness was completed by synthesizing the four causal loops diagram, and a total of eight feedback loops(reinforcement) were analyzed and explained. Finally, educational implications and limitations for causal loops analysis are presented.