Individual Differences in Peer Relationships

ISBN-13: 9783639171075 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 116 str.

Bridgett Milner

Opis

This book summarizes a series of research projectsinvestigating the effects of self-handicapping on anindividuals daily life by looking at participantspeer relationship and social interactions, reactionsof peers to self-handicapping behaviors, andself-presentation strategies. Self-handicapping, whendisclosed to peers, was predicted by previousresearch to negatively affect social networks. Theseries of studies presented in this book illustratesthat the effect of self-handicapping on peerrelationships is not nearly as straightforward asprevious research might suggest and not universallynegative. Self-handicappers were found, incomparison to low self-handicappers to have morefriends with whom less close relationships weremaintained. Self-handicappers were also found tospend, compared with low self-handicappers, a greateramount of time engaged in social activities withothers(particularly with males). Finally,self-handicapping as a behavior was displayed verydifferently depending upon the presence and gender ofothers and this change in display impacted theperception others formed regarding the behavior.

O autorze

Bridgett Milner received her PhD in Psychology from Indiana University in 2007. She currently works as that Assistant Director of Enrollment Planning and Research at Indiana University Bloomington. She lives in Bloomington, Indiana with her husband and son.