Fear of success among business students.
The concept of "Fear of Success" was measured with 352 male and female business students using the prompt, After first term finals, Ann(John) finds her(him)self at the top of her(his) Medical/Nursing school class. Analysis indicated a greater frequency of fear-of-success imagery among men than women and in particular to the John in Medical school and Ann in Nursing school cues. In addition, the Ann cue and the Medical school cue generated more fear-of-success responses among men than women.
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School of Business Administration, University of San Diego, CA 92110, USA. rothman@acusd.edu
D000124:Achievement; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003132:Commerce / Q000193:education*; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*