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Gall, Meredith D. – J Clin Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Anxiety, Femininity, Masculinity, Role Perception
Download full textMoore, Kristin A. – 1974
This study was designed to extend discussion of fear of success beyond the college population, using Horner's original coding scheme to examine the thematic imagery of TAT stories told by a cross-section of the public during a survey interview. The data collected from this sample of the general public contrasted in several ways with data gathered…
Descriptors: Adults, Anxiety, Fear, Psychological Patterns
Sorrentino, Richard M.; Short, Judith Ann – 1973
The present study was designed to test hypotheses derived from Horner's theory concerning the effect of the sex-role orientation of the situation on the arousal of the motive to avoid success in women. The study compared the performance of women high and low in the motive to avoid success in a male-oriented and a female-oriented situation. It was…
Descriptors: Achievement, Anxiety, Fear, Females
Peer reviewedGreenberger, Ellen; O'Neil, Robin – Developmental Psychology, 1993
Surveyed adults who were parents of preschool children and employed in dual-earner families. Found that adults' high commitment to roles was not associated with psychological well-being; diverse sources of support for women were linked with their psychological states; and men's well-being was responsive to wives' support. (BC)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Depression (Psychology), Employed Parents, Family Life
PDF pending restorationGackenbach, Jayne – 1981
Research has suggested that sex role identity is a major factor in sports anxiety across the sexes. Sex and sex role differences in sports anxiety as expressed by collegiate swimmers prior to competition were investigated on both self-report and physiological levels. An hour before practice and competition the blood pressures of 13 female and 14…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Athletics, Blood Circulation, College Students
Peer reviewedTong, Josie; Yewchuk, Carolyn – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1996
Comparison of 39 high school students in a gifted challenge program and 39 controls found no effect of gender or program for sex-role orientation or global self-concept. However, gifted students and female students were more anxious and gifted students were less satisfied with life than regular program students and males. An undifferentiated…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Anxiety, High School Students, High Schools
Worell, Judith – 1981
A conceptual model is presented to examine the hypothesis that androgyny is advantageous to the psychological well-being of both females and males in American society. A format for the multi-dimensional assessment of both sex-role components and indices of well-being is proposed, and possibilities for exploring the interface between these sets of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Age Differences, Androgyny, Anxiety
