International Journal of Education and Psychological Research

(Print and Online Peer Reviewed Journal)


Print - ISSN: 2349 - 0853
e - ISSN: 2279 - 0179

VOLUME 4 - ISSUE 4

(December 2015)

Academic Self - Handicapping in Adolescents: Predictors and Implications


Authors: Asha Kumari. B

Pages: 51-54

Abstract:

The process of education helps in holistic development of learners by enabling them to develop needed adequacies, competencies, skills to deal successfully with real-life situations. With the aim of education being holistic development, the process includes interaction among environmental settings and psychological constructs to achieve desirable changes. Selfhandicapping is one such construct which individuals employ to protect their self-esteem in spite of the failures they face. It is defined as an action or choice of performance setting that enhances opportunity to externalise failure and internalize success. Individuals engaging in self – handicapping create unfavourable circumstances or situations prior to their important performances to protect self-esteem in case of their failure, or enhance esteem in case of success This paper identifies concept of self-handicapping, individuals’self-handicapping tendencies, and context promoting its origin, determinants and strategies to cope with this behaviour aiding the healthy development of individuals.