Journal article
SELF-HANDICAPPING: GENDER, RACE, AND STATUS
Current research in social psychology, Vol.10(16), pp.234-249
01/01/2005
Abstract
Self-handicapping behavior exhibits a robust gender effect: Men but not women consistently choose behavior that they believe will impair their performance, even when that performance is important to them. Because previous research shows self-handicapping to occur when esteem is threatened, we propose that high status individuals will be more likely to self-handicap than will those of lower status. An experiment tests this proposition. In the study, men selected more study time (and thus self-handicapped more) than did women. With gender controlled, non-European Americans self-handicapped less than did European Americans. The study provides tentative evidence for our proposition that status processes impact self-handicapping behavior.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- SELF-HANDICAPPING: GENDER, RACE, AND STATUS
- Creators
- Jeffrey W. Lucas - Univ Maryland Coll Pk, Sociol, College Pk, MD 20742 USAMichael J. Lovaglia - Univ Iowa, Dept Sociol, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Current research in social psychology, Vol.10(16), pp.234-249
- Publisher
- Univ Iowa, Dept Sociology
- ISSN
- 1088-7423
- eISSN
- 1088-7423
- Number of pages
- 16
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2005
- Academic Unit
- Sociology and Criminology
- Record Identifier
- 9984305978802771
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