Kendini Sabote Etme ve Ruh Sağlığı Üzerine Etkisi

Abstract

ÖzetKendini sabote etme davranışı, bireyin bir işi ya da görevi yerine getirebilecek kapasitede olmasına rağmen, bu işi başarıyla yapıp yapamayacağına yönelik endişe yaşaması ile karakterizedir. Bireyler performanslarını önemsediklerinde, ancak başarı olasılıklarından şüphe ettiklerinde, benliklerini korumak amacıyla kendini sabote etme davranışları sergilemektedirler. Kendilerini sabote eden kişiler başarılarını içselleştirerek, başarısızlıklarını ise dışsallaştırarak benliklerini korumaya çalış-maktadırlar. Bu durum bireylerin her iki durumda da yani hem başarısızlıklarında hem de başarıla-rında kendilerini iyi hissetmelerine hizmet etmektedir. Kendini sabotaj zamanla birlikte bireyin yaşam doyumunun ve içsel motivasyonunun azalmasına, uyumsuzluk, olumsuz duygulanım, somatik semptomlar ve alkol ve madde kullanımı gibi olumsuz alışkanlıklarının artmasına neden olmaktadır. Kendini sabotaj performansı engellemekte ve performans kaybı uyum ve psikolojik iyi olma üzerinde olumsuz etkilerde bulunmaktadır. Kendini sabote etme davranışlarının ortaya çıkmasını önlemek için yapılması gereken en önemli yaklaşım, benliğin güçlendirilmesidir.Anahtar sözcükler: Kendini sabote etme, öz-yeterlilik, ruh sağlığı. AbstractSelf-handicapping is characterized by experiencing anxiety at succeeding a mission although the person has the capacity to fulfill the assignment or duty. When individuals care about performance much but doubt about success, they display self-handicapping strategies to protect their self. Selfhandicappers try to protect their self by internalizing successes and externalizing failures. This strategies help them feel well in both successes and failures. Self-handicapping causes the decrease of life satisfaction and motivation, and causes the increase of maladaptation, negative mood, somatic symptoms and alcohol-drug abuse. Self-handicapping hinders performance and this negative performance influences adaptation and psychological well-being. The most essential approach to prevent occurrence of self-handicapping behaviors is empowerment of the self.

The relationship between self-sabotage and organizational climate of schools

“…These cognitive methods are named as self-sabotage and self-handicapping in the literature (Akın et al, 2011;Üzbe, 2013;Sarıçalı, 2014). The individual who sabotages himself attributes his failure to environmental factors other than himself, and his success to his internal traits such as intelligence and abilities (Üzar-Özçetin and Hiçdurmaz, 2016).…”

“…Among the reasons of self-sabotage are ambiguity about success, past experiences and negative selfperception, fear of making mistake, locus of control, anxiety, personality, maladaptive perfectionism, perception of new and difficult tasks, task's being important for the individual, self-esteem, self-efficacy , individual mood, defensive pessimism, and individualphysical characteristics. It is seen that individuals who resort to self-sabotage mechanisms are generally individuals with defensive expectations, who are mostly task-oriented and show reflective behaviours (Martin et al, 2003;Üzar-Özçetin and Hiçdurmaz, 2016).…”

“…Verbal self-sabotage often involves hidden and more inactive expressions that cannot be observed directly. Behavioural self-sabotage, on the other hand, includes actions that directly affect the performance of the individual, are intentional, can be directly observed by others, are more active, open and purposeful (Hendrix and Hirt, 2009;Üzar-Özçetin and Hiçdurmaz, 2016).…”

“…According to Zuckerman and Tsai (2005), selfsabotage weakens the physical performance of individuals; it negatively affects motivation and job satisfaction such as psychological well-being, harmony, prosperity and happiness; causes social isolation by decreasing the social life of the individual (Üzbe, 2013;Üzar-Özçetin and Hiçdurmaz, 2016). Self-sabotage, which is associated with concepts such as emotional dissatisfaction, high level of anxiety, depression, low academic achievement and depersonalization (selfalienation), can cause the individual to suffer from burnout (Akın, 2012).…”

“…Self-sabotage, which is associated with concepts such as emotional dissatisfaction, high level of anxiety, depression, low academic achievement and depersonalization (selfalienation), can cause the individual to suffer from burnout (Akın, 2012). Even if s/he performs poorly, selfsabotage protects the individual from being perceived as unsuccessful and provides extra gain to the individual if s/he succeeds despite his/her low level of insufficiency (Alter and Forgas, 2007;Üzar-Özçetin and Hiçdurmaz, 2016). The benefit of self-sabotage to the individual causes this behaviour to become continuous.…”