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: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1489908633
• ISBN13: 9781489908636
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"