The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a handicapping condition on mother-infant interactions and, to investigate the conditions under which coordinated attention to an object and a person is demonstrated. This study provides a unique opportunity to make across-mother and within-mother comparisons of mother-infant interactions in two sets of fraternal twins. In each set, one...

Previous studies on handicapping have suggested that in matches between 2 golfers, the better golfer has an advantage. In this paper, we consider medal play between 2 golfers when they are both playing well. The study uses the new slope system for handicapping. In this context we argue that it is actually the weaker golfer who has an advantage. The conclusions are based on both the analysis of ...

Researchers and practitioners have long regarded procrastination as a self-handicapping and dysfunctional behavior. In the present study, the authors proposed that not all procrastination behaviors either are harmful or lead to negative consequences. Specifically, the authors differentiated two types of procrastinators: passive procrastinators versus active procrastinators. Passive procrastinat...

PurposeThis research was conducted with the aim of presenting a model self-handicapping based on time perspective and intelligence beliefs mediated by academic self-efficacy in students.MethodologyPresent study cross-sectional from type correlation. The population all secondary high school students Tehran city 2019-20 years. sample size considered 400 people who were selected multi-stage cluste...

There has been very limited research on the use of self-worth protection strategies in the achievement context of school physical education (PE). Thus, this study aimed to examine some antecedents and consequences of defensive pessimism and selfhandicapping. The sample comprised 534 (females n = 275; males n = 259) British pupils recruited from two schools who responded to established questionn...

objective: one way of improving the quality of life is to eliminate its barriers. selfhandicapping is a form of problematic behavior, which investigating its effect on the quality of life is of great importance. the present study aimed to examine the relationship of selfhandicapping with the quality of life in primary students.  methods: this research is a correlational that condoucted on stude...

We videotaped behaviour in four litters of domestic dogs to explore social play and the development of relationships within litters. We collected data when the puppies were between 3 and 40 weeks of age, but collection times varied by litter. We divided data analysis into three time periods to coincide approximately with critical periods in the early social development of dogs. Early play-partn...