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<p>In today’s competitive and achievement-oriented university environment, students often perceive success as essential and tend to catastrophize failure. Such irrational beliefs may trigger self-handicapping behaviors, which can negatively affect both academic performance and psychological well-being. Identifying protective factors that mitigate the impact of irrational beliefs is therefore critical. The present study examined the mediating role of unconditional self-acceptance in the relationship between irrational beliefs and self-handicapping. A relational survey model with a quantitative approach was employed. The sample comprised 594 university students aged 18 to 27, including 226 males (38%) and 368 females (62%). Data were collected using the Personal Information Form, the Self-Handicapping Scale, the Short Form of the General Attitudes and Beliefs Scale, and the Unconditional Self-Acceptance Questionnaire. Hayes’ PROCESS macro was used for data analysis. Results indicated that irrational beliefs significantly increased self-handicapping, whereas unconditional self-acceptance was negatively associated with both irrational beliefs and self-handicapping. Furthermore, unconditional self-acceptance partially mediated the relationship between irrational beliefs and self-handicapping. These findings highlight unconditional self-acceptance as an important psychological resource capable of reducing the adverse effects of irrational beliefs. The study underscores the value of interventions aimed at enhancing unconditional self-acceptance and encourages future longitudinal and cross-cultural research to further examine these relationships.</p>

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Irrational Beliefs and Self-Handicapping Among University Students: The Mediating Role of Unconditional Self-Acceptance

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    2026年3月7日

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  • Merve Kurun,
  • Fatih Camadan

摘要

In today’s competitive and achievement-oriented university environment, students often perceive success as essential and tend to catastrophize failure. Such irrational beliefs may trigger self-handicapping behaviors, which can negatively affect both academic performance and psychological well-being. Identifying protective factors that mitigate the impact of irrational beliefs is therefore critical. The present study examined the mediating role of unconditional self-acceptance in the relationship between irrational beliefs and self-handicapping. A relational survey model with a quantitative approach was employed. The sample comprised 594 university students aged 18 to 27, including 226 males (38%) and 368 females (62%). Data were collected using the Personal Information Form, the Self-Handicapping Scale, the Short Form of the General Attitudes and Beliefs Scale, and the Unconditional Self-Acceptance Questionnaire. Hayes’ PROCESS macro was used for data analysis. Results indicated that irrational beliefs significantly increased self-handicapping, whereas unconditional self-acceptance was negatively associated with both irrational beliefs and self-handicapping. Furthermore, unconditional self-acceptance partially mediated the relationship between irrational beliefs and self-handicapping. These findings highlight unconditional self-acceptance as an important psychological resource capable of reducing the adverse effects of irrational beliefs. The study underscores the value of interventions aimed at enhancing unconditional self-acceptance and encourages future longitudinal and cross-cultural research to further examine these relationships.