Underachieving to Protect Self-Worth: Theory, Research and Interventions

by Ted Thompson

This text examines the concept of self-worth protection in achievement behaviour. This term embraces a range of familiar phenomena such as procrastination, last minute study and low goal setting - all strategies aimed to protect the individual against the conclusion that he or she lacks ability, thereby preserving a sense of self-worth.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1859725139
• ISBN13: 9781859725139
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Avebury
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 6.3"