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Direct linkThompson, Ted – Learning and Instruction, 2004
This paper draws together the as yet nascent literature on the development of failure-avoidant patterns of behaviour. These are behaviours intended to minimise risk to self-worth in the event of failure, thereby avoiding the negative impact of poor performance in terms of damage to self-worth. Self-worth protection, self-handicapping, impostor…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Child Rearing, Parenting Styles, Failure
