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- Citation and Abstract
Know thyself: Misperceptions of actual performance undermine achievement motivation, future performance, and subjective well-being.
Kim, Young-Hoon; Chiu, Chi-yue; Zou, Zhimin
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol 99(3), Sep 2010, 395-409.
Contrary to the popular assumption that self-enhancement improves task motivation and future performance, the authors propose that both inflated and deflated self-assessments of performance are linked to an increased likelihood of practicing self-handicapping and having relatively poor performance in future tasks. Consistent with this proposal, we found that irrespective of the level of actual performance, compared with accurate self-assessment, both inflated and deflated self-assessments of task performance are associated with a greater tendency to (a) practice self-handicapping (Study 1: prefer to work under distraction; Study 2: withhold preparatory effort), (b) perform relatively poorly in a subsequent task (Study 3), (c) have relatively low academic achievement (Study 4), and (d) report a relatively low level of subjective well-being (Study 5). The authors discuss these results in terms of their educational implications. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)
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- 10.1037/a0020555
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