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self-handicapping: a standalone construct

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self-handicapping1 CONSTRUCTSelf-handicappingJONES · SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

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Social psychology

creating obstacles to one's own performance so that failure can be blamed on them rather than on low ability.

In social psychology, self-handicapping refers to creating obstacles to one's own performance so that failure can be blamed on them rather than on low ability. This meaning comes from Jones (1978) in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.[1]

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  1. Jones, E. E., & Berglas, S. (1978). Control of Attributions about the Self Through Self-handicapping Strategies: The Appeal of Alcohol and the Role of Underachievement. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 4(2), 200-206. https://doi.org/10.1177/014616727800400205

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