Review of the Studies on Self-Handicapping

Since Jones & Berglas (1978) presented the conception of self-handicapping, a lot of empirical research on self-handicapping was reported. Some reseachers drew a distinction between ""acquired"" (or ""behavioral"") self-handicapping such as drug ingestion, alcohol consumption, effort reduction, and choosing a difficult task, and ""claimed"" (or ""self-reported"") self-handicapping such as verbal claim to be ill, socially anxious, test anxious, or in a bad mood. This paper reviewed these studies from three points of view : (a) the situational factors that elicit or inhibit self-handicapping, (b) the individual differences in self-handicapping behavior, (c) the effects of self-handicapping on its users and audiences

セイジンキ ノ タシャ シコウテキ タッセイ ドウキ エノ タイド

本研究は科学研究費助成事業基盤研究（C）「目標階層理論に基づく他者志向的動機と自己志向的動機の統合の概念化と適応性の検討」（平成28 年度～平成30 年度；代表者：伊藤忠弘）からの支援を受け

Reexamination of the concept and measurement of self-esteem

The purpose of this article is to review the studies on self-esteem during last 10 years in Japan and to examine the usefulness of the concept of self-esteem and the validity of the self-esteem scales. It is shown that high self-esteem individuals are different from low self-esteem individuals in various social cognitions and behaviors in Japan as well as USA, but that the Rosenberg\u27s self-esteem scale is not good enough fot understanding "self-esteem" of Japanese people