Situational Influences on Self-Handicapping

Abstract

explored several situational factors that appear to increase or decrease the likelihood of self-handicapping / taking a components approach to the self-concept, it was found that upcoming performances that appear to threaten important aspects of the self-concept are more likely to elicit self-handicapping / the presence of others who may make attributions about one's ability appears to influence the nature and degree of self-handicapping (from the chapter) factors that elicit self-handicapping / the importance of the self-concept / creation of uncertainty / competitive and cooperative tasks / socially created standards / public knowledge of the handicap factors that inhibit self-handicapping / explicitly offering a handicap / lack of an alternative explanation for handicapping / preexisting handicaps / external incentives / desire for diagnostic information (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved)