Investigating the Relationship between Self-Handicapping Tendencies, Self-Esteem and Cognitive Distortions

doi:10.12738/estp.2015.4.2434

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“…The results of Cooley and Pedersen (19) demonstrated that people with low selfesteem, who experienced unexpected failures, indicated high levels of dysfunction such as self-handicapping. The results of another study carried out by Yavuzer (20) showed that cognitive distortions (self-criticism, self-blame, hopelessness, and preoccupation with danger) and self-esteem were significant predictors of self-handicapping tendencies.…”

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The Relationship of Self-Esteem and Attributional Styles with Self-Handicapping in Primary Schools

Kazemi

Nikmanesh

Khosravi³

et al. 2017

Int J School Health

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Background: Self-esteem, attributional styles, and self-handicapping play key roles in students' individual and social performances. Through determining interactional relations among these factors, parents and schools can plan for improving students' performances. Objectives: Hence, this study aimed to investigate the relationship of self-esteem and attributional styles with self-handicapping among primary school students. Methods: The statistical population of this study comprised of 3rd to 5th grades of primary school students in Zahedan, during the 2015 -2016 academic year. The research sample consisted of 365 primary students (154 boys and 211 girls) aged 9 to 11 years old who were selected using the random cluster sampling method. The research measurement tools were the Seligman et al. Children's attributional style questionnaire, the rosenberg self-esteem scale, and the Midgley et al. self-handicapping scale. The statistical analyses were performed via SPSS16 using both descriptive and inferential statistics including the correlation test and the Inter regression analysis. Results:The descriptive results indicated that the means of the pessimistic (9.15), optimistic (9.39) attribution styles, and selfhandicapping (7.11) among the students were lower than the nominal mean of the questionnaires, however, the mean of self-esteem (31.20) was higher than the nominal mean score. Furthermore, results showed that self-handicapping was significantly and positively related to the pessimistic attribution style and it was significantly and negatively correlated with self-esteem. In addition,

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confidence: 94%

The Relationship of Self-Esteem and Attributional Styles with Self-Handicapping in Primary Schools

Kazemi

Nikmanesh

Khosravi³

et al. 2017

Int J School Health

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“…In the study, it was articulated that the self-handicapping levels of the female prospective teachers were higher than the male prospective teachers. The related literature shows that the self-handicapping level of women is higher than that of men and verbal self-handicapping types is more common among women (Yavuzer, 2015;McCrea et al, 2007;Kolditz and Arkin, 1982;Shepperd and Arkin, 1989). In the study conducted by Kaya et al on prospective teachers it was found that that self-handicapping levels of female prospective teachers were higher than male prospective teacher (Kaya, et al, 2017).…”

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Investigating of Self-Handcapping Levels of Prospective Teachers According to Sports Activity Variables

Gülbahçe¹

2019

JETS

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The research examines self-handicapping levels of prospective teachers according to sports activity variables. The concept of self-handicapping, which is also referred as self-sabotage in the literature, is a mechanism developed by individuals to protect their selves when they cannot achieve a job or when they experience a sense of insufficiency. It is a fact that doing sports has benefits on individuals’ mental, physical, emotional, social and psychological health. This research, which presumes the possible relationship between self-handicapping levels of prospect teachers and doing sports, is conducted with relational screening model. The study group consisted of 584 prospective teachers, 359 female and 225 male, studying at Ataturk University Kazim Karabekir Faculty of Education, Erzurum, Turkey, in the academic year of 2018-2019. The data were collected with the “Self-handicapping Scale” and the personal information form prepared by the researcher. The scale was developed by Jones and Rhodewalt (1982) and its Turkish validation and reliability made by Akın (2012). SPSS 21 package program was used to analyze the data. In the analysis of the data, frequency distribution was used to determine the demographic characteristics, the Independent Samples T test was used to examine differentiation status between two independent variables and self-handicapping, and the One Way Anova analysis tests were conducted to examine differentiation status between more than two variables and self-handicapping. All these tests were analyzed in SPSS 21 package program and the significance was evaluated at p<0,05 level.Findings of the study showed that there was a significant difference between self-handicapping levels of the prospective teachers and gender, family structure, monthly income level, class level and sports activity status. It was concluded that the prospective teachers who were doing sports activities had low self-handicapping levels.Based on the conclusion that sports activities have a positive effect on self-handicapping levels of prospective teachers, and in order to minimize their self-handicapping levels both in education and social life, the study encourages prospective teachers to engage in different branches of sports according to their interest and talents and offers university administrators to provide sports facilities that the students can use.

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“…Perhaps others demonstrate thoughts that fall outside these themes altogether. For example, it is entirely possible that a person might demonstrate cognitive distortions related to self-esteem (e.g., “I am not capable of overcoming this problem”) that equate to self-handicapping during treatment (see Yavuzer, 2015). We suggest that careful and consistent thought monitoring (using a log that is modified for this purpose), perhaps over an extended period of time, is the best way to discern the pattern or theme that will be the ultimate target of restructuring for a given client.…”

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Treating Trichotillomania

Lootens

Nelson‐Gray

2016

Clinical Case Studies

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Trichotillomania (TTM) involves the compulsive pulling of one’s bodily hair and is often associated with significant distress or impairment. The present case study concerns a college-aged woman, whose history of TTM extended over 5 years and had been unsuccessfully treated by psychotherapy and medication management. Although TTM can be a challenging disorder to treat, the literature indicates that cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) has been successful in this regard. Therefore, we implemented CBT based on the manual developed by Keuthen, Stein, and Christenson; specific elements of therapy used included relaxation, self-monitoring, habit reversal training (HRT), reinforcement/punishment contingencies, thought monitoring, and cognitive restructuring. This approach was successful, as the client evidenced a 72% decrease in hair-pulling after using HRT alone, and complete elimination of hair-pulling after introducing the cognitive-restructuring element. Impressively, the gains lasted not only in the short term, but also had been reportedly maintained at a 5-year follow-up.

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Investigating the Relationship between Self-Handicapping Tendencies, Self-Esteem and Cognitive Distortions

Cited by 16 publications

References 39 publications

The Relationship of Self-Esteem and Attributional Styles with Self-Handicapping in Primary Schools

The Relationship of Self-Esteem and Attributional Styles with Self-Handicapping in Primary Schools

Investigating of Self-Handcapping Levels of Prospective Teachers According to Sports Activity Variables

Treating Trichotillomania

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