Document Type : Research Article (Quantitative)

Authors

• Farhad Tanhaye Reshvanloo ¹
• Mohadeseh Rajabi Joghortain ²
• Hadi Samadieh ³

¹ Department of Psychology, Shandiz Institute of Higher Education, Mashhad, Iran

² Department of Psychology, Torbat-e Jam Branch, Islamic Azad University, Torbat-e Jam, Iran

³ Department of Psychology, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran

Abstract

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between identity styles and self-handicapping by canonical correlation analysis.
Methodology: The statistical population of the study was high school students in Bojnourd. By multi-stage random sampling, 210 students were selected. Data collection was done with the identity styles questionnaire (Berzonsky, 1992) and the self-management scale (Jones, and Rhodewalt, 1982). Data analysis was done with Pearson correlation coefficient and focal correlation using SPSS.27 software.
Results: Findings from the analyses indicated a significant relationship between identity styles and self-handicapping dimensions. The common variance of identity styles and self-handicapping was 28%. In the function of identity styles, informational identity was most important (0.81) and in the function of self-handicapping, it was assigned to claim self-handicapping (-0.99).
Conclusion: In general, the processing of identity information can impact the use of self-handicapping strategies, and teenagers with an informational and normative identity and a high identity commitment use less self-handicapping behaviors.

Keywords

• Identity styles
• self-handicapping
• canonical correlation

Main Subjects

• Psychology