Lilla Török

Artois University

Academic self-handicapping is a very popular subject of research in educational psychology, in which a growing number of related findings are reported. However, apart from a recent meta-analysis (Schwinger et al. in J Educ Psychol 106(3):744–761, 2014), the last comprehensive review of the subject was published 17 years ago (Urdan and Midgley in Ed...

The characteristics of acquiring new sequence information under dual-task situations have been extensively studied. A concurrent task has often been found to affect performance. In real life, however, we mostly perform a secondary task when the primary task is already well acquired. The effect of a secondary task on the ability to retrieve well-est...

The present study examined the interplay between chronic intelligence beliefs, manipulated intelligence beliefs and self-handicapping processes. Prior studies showed that holding more of a fixed intelligence theory makes one vulnerable to resorting to self-protective mechanisms such as self-handicapping, while growth intelligence mindset can serve...

Self-handicapping is not only present among amateurs, but also even among the most elite athletes. The vast majority of the research investigates self-handicapping in academic context among students with mediocre performance. However, scientific examinations of predictors among top performers in the field of sports is terra incognita. Among the pre...

Feedback from superiors in cases of mishaps is provided more or less frequently and can be related to the person who makes the mistake or to the behavior causing it. Prior research uncovered the benefits of behavioral praise vs. person praise; however, surprisingly, little is known about the extent of person-focused negative feedback in organizatio...

Mindfulness mindset, or the belief in the malleability of mindfulness skills, has been linked to academic performance and can be influenced by brief interventions. However, no studies have directly examined whether shifting mindfulness beliefs can impact academic outcomes. In this study, university students (N=826) across multiple Hungarian institu...

Competition is traditionally viewed negatively within social sciences and is often considered antithetical to cooperation. This perspective may explain the limited focus on strategies that promote adaptive competitive behaviors, which is crucial in educational contexts. Our research introduces a novel theoretical approach and an intervention aimed...

Háttér és célkitűzések: A vezetők által adott visszajelzések fontos témái a vezetés- és szervezetpszichológiának, mégis viszonylag kevés empirikus jellegű tanulmány jelent meg a témában. Jelen cikk célja, hogy az irodalmi bevezetőben kifejtse a kurrens elméleteket, illetve körüljárja az esszencialista (személyiségre), ill. viselkedésre vonatkozó vi...

Háttér és célkitűzések: Jelen tanulmány célja a Szabadidős Testedzés Motivációja Skála (Physical Activity and Leisure Motivation Scale, PALMS) magyar változatának (PALMS–H) pszichometriai vizsgálata, a mérőeszköz reliabilitásának és validitásának ellenőrzése. Módszerek: 893 fő vett részt a vizsgálatban (nférfi = 428, átlagéletkor = 33,7 év; SD = 11...

This research introduces the “Mindfulness Mindset Scale,” a concise and reliable tool designed to measure beliefs about the malleability of mindfulness skills. Study 1 (N = 285) revealed a single-factor structure through exploratory factor analysis, further validated in Study 2 (N = 286) using confirmatory factor analysis. Studies 3a (N = 266) and...

Negative feedback in academic settings is often unavoidable, although it may directly interfere with the ultimate goal of education, as setbacks can diminish motivation, and may even lead to dropping out of school. Previous research suggests that certain predispositions, inductions, and interventions might mitigate the harmful effects of negative f...

Objectives Growth mindset beliefs promote adaptive motivations to learn and challenge seeking; however, the learning process promoted by a growth mindset is not always positive. Adverse experiences may be especially true if one faces harsh criticism. However, mindfulness may be a potential adaptive mechanism in a situation that evokes harsh critici...

Objectives Growth mindset beliefs promote adaptive motivations, learning, and challenge seeking; however, the learning process promoted by growth mindset is not always a joyride. It can be especially true if one faces harsh criticism. Mindfulness might be hypothesized as a potential adaptive mechanism in a negative feedback situation. The present r...

The present study examined the interplay between chronic intelligence beliefs, manipulated intelligence beliefs and self-handicapping processes. Prior studies showed that holding fixed intelligence theory makes one vulnerable to resorting to self-protective mechanisms such as self-handicapping, while growth intelligence mindset can serve as a prote...

Negative feedback in academic settings is often unavoidable, although it may directly interfere with the ultimate goal of education, as setbacks can diminish motivation, and may even lead to dropping out of school. Previous research suggests that certain predispositions, inductions, and interventions might mitigate the harmful effects of negative f...

The characteristics of acquiring new sequence information under dual-task situations have been extensively studied so far. Such a concurrent task has often been found to affect performance. In real life, however, we mostly perform a secondary task when the primary one is already well-acquired. The effect of a secondary task on the ability to retrie...

Purpose This study investigated the day-to-day variability of daily physical activity and its effect on sleep and mood in a longitudinal within-subjects study for 7 days and 6 nights. Materials and methods Healthy office employees aged 25–35 years with a sedentary lifestyle participated in the study. Seven-day sleep diaries were used to evaluate s...

The term self-handicapping (SH) refers to the phenomenon when, under certain conditions, individuals characterized by certain personality factors hinder their success by self-imposed obstacles in important performance situations. The study starts with an accurate definition of SH that is then placed in the context of psychological theories and rela...

In our review academic self-handicapping has been discussed. We highlight the most relevant theories with regard to academics and self-handicapping, such as the self-worth theory (Covington és Omelich, 1991) and the Motivation and Engagement Wheel (Martin, 2003). We also touch upon the self-protective role of the belief ’being negatively stereotype...

Self-handicapping is a phenomenon, where, under certain conditions, people with given personality variables hinder and handicap their effi ciency before improtant performance-requiring situations. Early in the study we precisely define self-handicapping and place it amid the psychological theories and the related social psychological ideas. We disc...

Sensation seeking behaviour has been approached from sport setting several times, although it is still unclear which factors influence its functioning in sports. The aim of the study was to clarify which factors (mainly goal setting and within this framework, appearance of coping strategies in the goal hierarchy) modify the personality trait of sen...

Jones and Berglas (1978) define self-handicapping as any action or choice of performance setting that enhances the opportunity to externalize (or excuse) failure and to internalize (reasonably accept credit for) success (p. 406). The present study examined the role of potential precursors in the self-handicapping process. A total of 626 undergradua...