Self-Handicapping: The Paradox That Isn't

by C.R. Snyder, Steven Berglas, Raymond L. Higgins

Book Overview

The concept of self-handicapping can be legitimately anchored in a vari- ety of intellectual contexts, some old and some newer. As this volume reminds us, Alfred Adler was perhaps the first to articulate the signifi- cance of various self-defeating claims and gestures for protecting the self- concept. Thus the apparent paradox of "defeat" in the interests of "pro- tection. " More recently (but still more than 30 years ago), Heider's "naive psychology"...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306435403
• ISBN13: 9780306435409
• Release Date: June 1990
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"