Self-handicapping: The role of discounting and augmentation in the preservation of self-esteem.

1991/07/01 by Frederick Rhodewalt, Carolyn C. Morf, Susan Hazlett +1 · 141 citations
Psychology · #Discounting #Education, Achievement, and Giftedness #Personality Traits and Psychology #Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction #Psychology #Self-esteem #Social psychology

paper · doi:10.1037/0022-3514.61.1.122

published in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 61(1), 122-131 (American Psychological Association)

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Abstract

Two studies examined the effects of self-handicapping on ability attributions and self-esteem

Citations

• An attributional theory of achievement motivation and emotion.
• Impact of causal attributions on affective reactions to success and failure.
• An Analysis of the Self-Handicapping Scale
• Control of Attributions about the Self Through Self-handicapping Strategies: The Appeal of Alcohol and the Role of Underachievement

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• Self-evaluation bias and academic performance: Some ways and some reasons why
• Costs of Self‐Handicapping
• The Intrinsic Self and Defensiveness: Evidence that Activating the Intrinsic Self Reduces Self-Handicapping and Conformity
• The Role of Ability Judgments in Self-Handicapping
• Self-enhancement [wikipedia]