Effects of self-esteem, evaluation modality and success contingency on goal choice: an integration of goal setting and self- handicapping theories

The current study examined the impact of self-presentation and self-esteem concerns on goal choice. Subjects who were high or low in self-esteem worked on a series of analogies and were presented with noncontingent or contingent success feedback. They were then told that their performance on an upco...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Levy, Paul E.
Other Authors: Psychology
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/91045