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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Personality Psychology

Background:

  • Self-handicapping involves externalizing blame for failure and internalizing success.
  • These strategies can hinder authentic behavior and self-expression.
  • Understanding the relationship between authenticity and self-handicapping is crucial for psychological well-being.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between authenticity and self-handicapping behaviors.
  • To examine how different facets of authenticity predict self-handicapping.

Main Methods:

  • A study was conducted with 366 university students (176 men, 190 women; mean age = 20.2 years).
  • Participants completed the Turkish versions of the Authenticity Scale and the Self-handicapping Scale.
  • Correlational and multiple regression analyses were employed.

Main Results:

  • Self-handicapping showed a positive correlation with self-alienation and accepting external influence.
  • Self-handicapping was negatively correlated with authentic living.
  • Self-alienation and accepting external influence positively predicted self-handicapping, while authentic living negatively predicted it, collectively explaining 21% of the variance.

Conclusions:

  • Authenticity, particularly authentic living, is negatively associated with self-handicapping.
  • Individuals exhibiting higher levels of self-alienation and acceptance of external influence are more prone to self-handicapping.
  • These findings highlight the detrimental impact of reduced authenticity on self-handicapping tendencies.