Araştırma Görevlilerinin Kendini Sabotaj Eğilimlerinin İncelenmesi
An Investigation of Research Assistants’ Self-Handicapping Tendencies

Summary/Abstract: The primary aim of the present study is to determine the self-handicapping levels of research assistants. Within the study, it has also aimed to investigate whether the self-handicapping levels of participants differ in relation to gender, marital status, tenure, and cadre status. Having adopted quantitative research approach, the current study’s participants were research assistants (N=408) working in state universities located in İstanbul and Ankara. The data was collected by “Self-Handicapping Scale (SHS)”, consisting of Likert type 6-point 25 items, developed by Jones and Rhodewalt (1982) and adapted into Turkish by Akın (2012). The data was gathered during the 2014/2015 academic year’s spring term by a program on the internet. The data was analyzed by mean, standard deviation, t test and ANOVA. The construct validity of the scale used in the study was tested by confirmatory factor analysis conducted by AMOS, and the reliability of the SHS was tested by calculating Cronbach alpha internal consistency coefficient. Results showed that research assistants’ self handicapping tendencies are relatively low, and the demographic variables investigated within the study did not vary their tendencies significantly.

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