{"version":"1.0","type":"link","title":"Self-handicapping - Newikis","description":"Self-handicapping is a cognitive strategy by which people avoid effort in the hopes of keeping potential failure from hurting self-esteem. It was first theorized by Edward E. Jones and Steven Berglas, according to whom self-handicaps are obstacles created, or claimed, by the individual in…","provider_name":"Newikis","provider_url":"https://newikis.com","cache_age":86400,"thumbnail_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Cyclical_depiction_of_reinforcement_in_self-handicapping.jpg","thumbnail_width":958,"thumbnail_height":579}