Esteem protection or enhancement? Self-handicapping motives and attributions differ by trait self-esteem.
Journal of Personality and Social PsychologyPublished 1 May 1991
Dianne M. Tice
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Abstract
Four studies sought to differentiate between self-enhancement and self-protection as motivations self-handicapping. High-self-esteem participants self-handicapped to enhance success, whereas low-self-esteem participants self-handicapped to protect against the esteem-threatening implications of failure. This was supported with 2 different forms of self-handicapping and corroborated by attributional statements regarding the implications of handicaps for performance outcomes
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