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Peer reviewedMidgley, Carol; Urdan, Tim – Journal of Early Adolescence, 1995
By procrastinating, allowing others to keep them from studying, deliberately not trying, and using other "self-handicapping" strategies, students can convey that those circumstances, rather than lack of ability, are the reasons for subsequent poor performance. Survey data from 256 eighth-grade students indicated that boys use those strategies more…
Descriptors: Achievement, Adolescents, Fear of Success, Grade 8
