Citation

Cherry F, Deaux K. Sex Roles 1978; 4(1): 97-101.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1978, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/BF00288380

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

To test the prediction that both males and females would show evidence of "fear of success" when success was achieved in a nontraditional field, male and female subjects wrote five-minute stories in response to cues depicting a male's or female's success in medical school or nursing school. Results showed that both sexes wrote more fear of success stories in gender-inappropriate than in gender-appropriate conditions. The need for a broader conception of fear of success motivation is discussed.