Self-handicapping tendencies, coping, and anxiety responses among athletes Prapavessis, Harry, Grove, J. Robert, Maddison, Ralph and Zillmann, Nadine 2003, Self-handicapping tendencies, coping, and anxiety responses among athletes, Psychology of sport and exercise, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 357-375, doi: 10.1016/S1469-0292(02)00020-1. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Self-handicapping tendencies, coping, and anxiety responses among athletes Author(s) Prapavessis, Harry Grove, J. Robert Maddison, Ralph orcid.org/0000-0001-8564-5518 Zillmann, Nadine Journal name Psychology of sport and exercise Volume number 4 Issue number 4 Start page 357 End page 375 Total pages 19 Publisher Elsevier Place of publication Amsterdam, The Netherlands Publication date 2003-10 ISSN 1469-0292 Keyword(s) self-handicapping coping state-anxiety athletes Summary Objectives: Four studies examined relationships between self-handicapping tendencies and reactions to two different yet potentially stressful sport situations (i.e., dealing with a performance slump and emotional reaction prior to competition). Design: Retrospective and prospective cross-sectional survey. Methods: For studies 1 and 2, participants were 65 male athletes (mean age=20.45) and 141 male and female athletes (mean age=21.5), respectively. Participants in study 1 completed the Self-handicapping Scale (SHS) and slump-related coping was assessed using the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS). Participants in study 2 completed the SHS and slump-related coping was assessed using the modified Ways of Coping in Sport Scale (WCSS). For studies 3 and 4, participants were 220 male athletes (mean age=22.60) and 120 male and female athletes (mean age=34.75), respectively. Participants from both studies completed the SHS and emotions prior to competition were assessed using the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory (CSAI-2). Results: Data from study 1 showed that self-handicapping tendencies were related to emotive-oriented coping. CISS emotion scale scores accounted for 25% of the variance in SHS scores. Data from study 2 showed that self-handicapping tendencies were related to denial/avoidance and wishful thinking subscale scores of the WCSS. Together these two variables accounted for 11% of the variance in SHS scores. Data from studies 3 and 4 showed positive relations between self-handicapping tendencies and cognitive state-anxiety. Cognitive state-anxiety accounted for 8% of the variance in SHS scores in study 3 and 12% of the variance in SHS scores in study 4. Conclusions: Results from studies 1 and 2 demonstrate that self-handicapping tendencies are related to general and specific emotion coping strategies when dealing with a slump. Results from studies 3 and 4 show that self-handicapping tendencies are related to precompetitive cognitive state-anxiety. Language eng DOI 10.1016/S1469-0292(02)00020-1 Field of Research 110699 Human Movement and Sports Science not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 920499 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2003, Elsevier Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30082157 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 14 Mar 2016, 10:47:08 EST Mon, 14 Mar 2016, 10:48:59 EST Tue, 15 Mar 2016, 04:00:51 EST Tue, 15 Mar 2016, 05:11:59 EST Mon, 10 Oct 2016, 11:22:54 EST Mon, 10 Oct 2016, 11:25:26 EST Mon, 10 Oct 2016, 11:26:09 EST Sat, 21 Oct 2017, 01:52:30 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 24 times in TR Web of Science Cited 29 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 137 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 14 Mar 2016, 10:48:59 EST

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