**Original citation.** McCrea, SM. (2008). Self-handicapping, excuse making, and counterfactual thinking: Consequences for self-esteem and future motivation. *Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95*(2), 274-292.
**Target of replication.** Experiment 5 examined whether or not participants who prepare less for a task do so because they have “decreased task motivation or increased self-handicapping motivation.” We focused on the original finding that participants in the control condition outperformed participants in the self handicap condition during a task in which they answered mathematical questions, t(28)=1.87, p< .05.
**A priori replication criteria.** To replicate the original analysis and generate a new t value, we will assess the percent correct (# items correct / # items attempted). A one-tailed t-test will be performed to assess the percent correct in the self-handicapping and control groups.
