What’s your golf handicap? No, not your current playing index. I’m talking about your self-handicap, defined as your favorite excuse after a sub-par shot or a way- over-par round — and unlike what’s ...

"Do people always want to know precisely who they are and exactly what they are capable of accomplishing at their best? We doubt it . . ." The opening quote is taken from a study published by Edward ...

Partying the night before a big exam. Preparing last-minute for a work presentation. Running a 5K in a 10-pound Halloween costume. All are examples of what psychologists call ...

In contrast to measures of explicit self-esteem, which assess introspectively accessible self-evaluations, measures of implicit self-esteem assess the valence of unconscious, introspectively ...

Do you have a tendency to quit when obstacles present themselves? Do you make a lot of excuses for not succeeding? Do you seem to get in your own way? If this sounds like you, then you may be engaging ...

Have you ever been so stressed about an exam that you ended up sabotaging yourself? Psychologists use the term "self-handicapping" to refer to actions that we take in order to purposely mess ourselves ...

Almost every teacher has come across this kind of student. It might be the boy in the back of the room who always puts off his work until the last minute, the girl who’s always getting distracted by ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- A study by psychological researchers at Indiana University shows that people are more likely to undermine their performance at stressful tasks when they're operating at "peak ...