Situational Influences on Self-Handicapping

Self, Elizabeth A.

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“…The position defended and observed in the current study expands on the notion that self-handicapping strategies emerge to shape the implications of performance feedback (Jones & Berglas, 1978;Self, 1990). We propose that self-handicapping strategies can emerge in situations with and without expected performance feedback.…”

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confidence: 74%

“…Surprisingly, these findings were not highlighted and have received little attention in the literature even though they are inconsistent with the initial (Jones & Berglas, 1978) and most defended position (see e.g., Self, 1990) that self-handicapping emerges to shape the implication of performance feedback.…”

Section: Claimed Self-handicapping In Low Ego-threatening Situationsmentioning

confidence: 93%

“…Previous research suggest that the perceived importance of an event plays an important role in ego-threat (e.g., Schultheiss & Brunstein, 2000). Individuals may only feel threatened by a task if it assesses central components of their self (Self, 1990). As such, athletes may feel threatened by a physical ability test only if the possession of high physical abilities is central for them.…”

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Do Athletes Claim Handicaps in Low Ego-Threatening Conditions? Re-Examining the Effect of Ego-Threat on Claimed Self-Handicapping

Finez

Berjot

Rosnet

et al. 2011

The Sport Psychologist

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One hundred and three athletes participated in a motor task that was ostensibly designed to detect their physical ability (high ego-threatening condition) or provide pretesting data for an upcoming study (low ego-threatening condition) and were then given the opportunity to claim handicaps that could impair their performance on this task. Extending previous findings that high self-handicappers (i.e., athletes who scored high on the self-handicapping scale) and low self-esteem athletes engage in claimed self-handicapping in high ego-threatening conditions, the results reveal that they may also engage in this strategy in low ego-threatening conditions. In the low ego-threatening condition, athletes’ self-esteem and self-handicapping tendency explained together 33% of the handicaps they claimed.

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Section: Claimed Self-handicapping In Low Ego-threatening Situationsmentioning

confidence: 93%

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Do Athletes Claim Handicaps in Low Ego-Threatening Conditions? Re-Examining the Effect of Ego-Threat on Claimed Self-Handicapping

Finez

Berjot

Rosnet

et al. 2011

The Sport Psychologist

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“…To maximize the likelihood of self-handicapping, an experimental 21 situation was created in which factors that are known to elicit self-handicapping (for a review, see 22 Prapavessis et al, 2004; Self, 1990) were made salient. Specifically, the testing situation 23 emphasized public performance, an emphasis on results, social comparisons of one's 24…”

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Effects of Self-Handicapping Strategies on Anxiety before Athletic Performance

Coudevylle

Ginis

Famose

et al. 2008

The Sport Psychologist

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The purpose of the present experiment was to examine whether the use of selfhandicapping strategies influences participants’ anxiety levels before athletic performance. Seventy-one competitive basketball players participated in the study. A repeated measures design was used, such that state cognitive and somatic anxiety intensity and direction were measured before and after participants were given the opportunity to self-handicap. Overall, participants reported their cognitive anxiety to be more facilitating after they had the opportunity to self-handicap. Thus, participants who were given the opportunity to self-handicap (i.e., use claimed and behavioral self-handicaps), reported greater increases in perceptions of cognitive anxiety as facilitating their performance. This study shows the importance of looking at anxiety direction, and not just anxiety intensity, when examining self-handicapping’s effects on anxiety. Implications for sport psychologists are proposed.

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“…[9][10][11][12][13] Kendini sabotaj eğilimi, başarı ve yetenek değerinin yüksek olduğu ortamlardan biri olan spor ortamında görülmektedir. 3,14 Spor ve egzersiz psikolojisi alanında sporcular ve fiziksel aktivite katı-lımcılarıyla yapılan çalışmalarda, kendini sabotaj eğilimini etkileyen faktörler araştırmacılar tarafın-dan ele alınmıştır. Bireylerin kendini sabotaj gös-terme eğilimlerinin kaygı, kendine güven,öz-yeterlilik, stresle başa çıkma stratejileri ve performans gibi çeşitli değişkenlerle ilişkili olduğu belirlenmiştir.…”

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Self-Handicapping in Athletes: The Role of Self-Esteem, Achievement Goals and Fear of Failure

Elmas¹,

Aşçi²

2017

Turkiye Klinikleri J Sports Sci

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Ö ÖZ ZE ET T A Am ma aç ç: : Benlik saygısı, başarı hedefleri ve başarısızlık korkusunun, sporcularda kendini sabotaj eğilimini yordamadaki rolünü araştırmaktır. Çalışmaya bireysel ve takım sporlarıyla uğraşan 91 (Xyaş=21,26±2,19) kadın ve 118 (X yaş =21.60 ±2.72) erkek toplam 209 (X yaş =21,45±2,50) üniversiteli sporcu gönüllü katılmıştır. G Ge er re eç ç v ve e Y Yö ön nt te em ml le er r: : Sporculara "kişisel bilgi formu", "Kendini Sabotaj Ölçeği","Rosenberg Benlik Saygısı Ölçeği", "Sporda 2x2 Başarı Hedefleri Envanteri" ve "Performans Başarısızlığı Değerlendirme Envanteri" uygulanmıştır. B Bu ul lg gu ul la ar r: : Yapılan hiyerarşik regresyon analiz sonuçları, kendini sabotaj eğiliminin benlik saygısı (β=-,16, p<0,05) ve ustalık yaklaşma başarı hedefi (β=-,25, p<0,05) ile negatif, başarısızlık korkusu ile pozitif ilişkili olduğunu göstermiştir (β=-,45, p<0,05). Regresyon analiz sonuçları, analize dâhil edilen bağımsız değişkenlerin (cinsiyet, spor türü, benlik saygısı, başarısızlık korkusu ve başarı hedefleri) kendine sabotaj eğilimine ilişkin toplam varyansın %28'ini açıkladığını, en güçlü yordayıcı değişkenin ise başarısızlık korkusu (%19) olduğunu göstermiştir. S So on nu uç ç: : Sporcuların kendine sabotaj eğilimlerinin en güçlü yordayıcısının başarısızlık korkusu olduğu söylenebilmektedir. Bununla birlikte, sporcuların benlik saygıları ve başarı hedeflerinin de kendini sabotaj eğilimlerini belirlemede rol oynadığı görülmektedir.A An na ah ht ta ar r K Ke el li im me el le er r: : Kendini sabotaj; başarısızlık korkusu; benlik saygısı; başarı hedefleri A AB BS ST TR RA AC CT T O Ob bj je ec ct ti iv ve e: : The aim of this study was to investigate the role of self-esteem, achievement goals and fear of failure in determining self-handicapping in athletes. Ninety-one (Mage=21.26±2.19) females and 118 (Mage=21.60±2.72) males totaly 209 (Mage=21.45±2.50) university athletes voluntarily participated in this study. M Ma at te er ri ia al l a an nd d M Me et th ho od ds s: "Personal Information Form", "Self-Handicapping Scale", "Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale", "2x2 Achievement Goals Questionnaire for Sport" and "Performance Failure Appraisal Inventory" were administered to athletes. R Re es su ul lt ts s: : Hierarchical regression analysis indicated that self-handicapping was negatively related with self-esteem (β=-.16, p<0.05) and mastery-approach achievement goal (β=-.25, p<0.05), but it was positively related with the fear of failure (β=-.45, p<0.05). Regression analysis results indicated that all independent variables (gender, sports type, self-esteem, fear of failure and achievement goals) explained 28% of the total variance of the self-handicapping and fear of failure was the most significant predictor of self-handicapping (19%). C Co on nc cl lu us si io on n: : It can be concluded that fear of failure in the athletes can be said that the most significant predictor for self-handicapping. After all, self-esteem and achievement goals of athletes play role in determining self-handicapping.

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Situational Influences on Self-Handicapping

Cited by 41 publications

References 36 publications

Do Athletes Claim Handicaps in Low Ego-Threatening Conditions? Re-Examining the Effect of Ego-Threat on Claimed Self-Handicapping

Do Athletes Claim Handicaps in Low Ego-Threatening Conditions? Re-Examining the Effect of Ego-Threat on Claimed Self-Handicapping

Effects of Self-Handicapping Strategies on Anxiety before Athletic Performance

Self-Handicapping in Athletes: The Role of Self-Esteem, Achievement Goals and Fear of Failure

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