The Double-Edged Sword of Self-Handicapping: Discounting, Augmentation, and the Protection and Enhancement of Self-Esteem

1997/06/01 by David L. Feick, Frederick Rhodewalt · 76 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Attribution #Checklist #Cognitive psychology #Developmental psychology #Education, Achievement, and Giftedness #Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation #Mood #Psychology #Self-concept #Self-esteem #Social and Intergroup Psychology #Social psychology #Test (biology)

paper · doi:10.1023/a:1024434600296

published in Motivation and Emotion 21(2), 147-163 (Springer Science and Business Media LLC)

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Citations

• An attributional theory of achievement motivation and emotion.
• Self-handicapping: The role of discounting and augmentation in the preservation of self-esteem.
• Impact of causal attributions on affective reactions to success and failure.
• An Analysis of the Self-Handicapping Scale
• Esteem protection or enhancement? Self-handicapping motives and attributions differ by trait self-esteem.
• Claimed self-handicaps and the self-handicapper: The relation of reduction in intended effort to performance
• Control of Attributions about the Self Through Self-handicapping Strategies: The Appeal of Alcohol and the Role of Underachievement

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