Relationship of Fear of Success to Perceived Parental Attitudes toward Success and Autonomy in Men and Women

1980 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie R. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Parental Attitudes ◽  
Fear Of Success ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Parental Response ◽  
Story Stems ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Parental Responses ◽  
Female Subjects

This exploratory study investigated patterns of perceived parental response to success or autonomy strivings by sons and daughters and to determine the relationships, if any, between these patterns and the presence or absence of fear of success. Male and female undergraduates completed a Fear of Success Scale and also wrote stories about parental responses to story-stems depicting successful or autonomous desires and activities of a son or daughter. 60 female subjects depicted their mothers as significantly less approving of such moves than their fathers, whereas for 60 men, both parents were seen as fairly approving as were the fathers of the women. There was no correlation between perceived parental response and fear of success for men, whereas there was a significant correlation for the female subjects between fear of success and projected response of both fathers and mothers. Notable, however, for the female subjects, was the high correlation between projected maternal response and fear of success. Theoretical implications were discussed.

Field Articulation and Predictive Judgments: An Exploratory Study

1977 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 845-846
Author(s):  
James L. Knestrick ◽  
Elizabeth Hanson Hoffman
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Independent Condition ◽  
Field Independent ◽  
Field Dependent ◽  
A Cell ◽  
Accuracy Of Prediction ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship of differences in accuracy between men and women in interpersonal predictive judgments to those reported in field articulation research was explored. Field-dependent ( ns = 14, 12) and field-independent ( ns = 21, 12) men and women ( ns = 35, 24) were tested for accuracy of predictive judgments. No statistically significant differences were found between these undergraduate field-dependent and field-independent judges; however, under the field-independent condition, a cell-by-cell examination suggests greater accuracy. There were no significant differences in accuracy of prediction between male and female judges, but statistically significant differences in accuracy scores were found when the person whose behavior was being predicted was female as opposed to male.

Toward Understanding the Contributions of Sex and Situation to Behavior in a College Setting

1987 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 875-883
Author(s):  
Nancy Lipsitt ◽  
Rose R. Olver
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
The Other ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Relative Contribution ◽  
College Setting ◽  
Female Subjects

The relative contribution of sex and situation has become a contested issue in the understanding of sex differences in behavior. In the present study, 20 male and 20 female undergraduates were asked to describe their behavior and thoughts in six everyday college situations. Three of the situations were constructed to be typically male and three typically female in content. The results indicate that men and women demonstrate sex-specific characteristics in their responses regardless of the type of situation presented. Men exhibited concern with separateness from others, while women exhibited concern with sustaining connection to others, even when faced with situations described to present demand properties that might be expected specifically to elicit the concern characteristic of the other sex. However, for these students the situation also made a difference: female-defined situations elicited the most masculine responses for both male and female subjects.

scholarly journals Relationship of Parental Responses to Pain Catastrophization, Pain Intensity and Functional Limitations in Children with Functional Pain

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jim Varghese ◽  
Sahana Madhyastha ◽  
Vijay Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Pain Intensity ◽  
Functional Disability ◽  
Functional Limitations ◽  
Psychosocial Problems ◽  
Parental Response ◽  
Functional Pain ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Parental Responses

Introduction: Pain is primarily a psychological experience. Based on social learning theory, studies have examined association between parental behaviours and child’s functioning in various pain situations. Objectives: 1) to examine relationship of parental responses to pain catastrophization, functional disability and pain intensity in children with functional pain complaints. 2) to explore psychosocial problems associated with functional pain. Methodology: Participants were 43 children diagnosed with functional pain, referred from Paediatric units of Kasturba Hospital, Manipal. Measures examining parental responses to pain, pain catastrophization, pain intensity, functional limitations and psychosocial problems were administered. Results: Analyses revealed significant associations between pain catastrophization and some of its types and functional disability. On the whole, statistically significant relationship between parental responses and pain catastrophization was not observed. But, on gender based analysis, solicitous parental response predicted pain rumination aspect of pain catastrophization in females. Among psychosocial problems, school and family problems were predominant. Conclusions: This study highlighted the role of pain catastrophization in predicting functional limitations in children and role of parental attention in increasing pain rumination in females. Hence, intervention should target the exaggerated pain perceptions, parental attention and psychosocial problems to ameliorate the functional limitations.

The Motive to Avoid Success: Exploring the Nature of the Fear

1977 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 273-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phoebe Kazdin Schnitzer
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Personality Variable ◽  
Fear Of Success ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Opposite Sex ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship of Horner's (1968) measure of fear of success to the perception of interpersonal relationships is investigated in five samples of male and female college students. In addition to Horner's cue, the different samples wrote stories to a variety of cues describing aspects of same-sex and opposite-sex friendships. Fear-of-success subjects of both sexes significantly more often described dangers, as opposed to pleasures, in opposite-sex relationships. Fear-of-success female subjects significantly more often described same-sex disagreements as destructive of friendships. Results are discussed in terms of sex similarities and differences; the usefulness of fear of success as a cross-sex personality variable is explored.

Fear of Success in Black Male and Female Graduate Students: A Pilot Study

1982 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 327-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Fleming
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Black Men ◽  
Black Male ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Career Interests ◽  
Fear Of Success ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Inappropriate Behaviors ◽  
Pilot Investigation

In accordance with Horner's (1969) assumption that the intensity of fear of success arousal increases with the subject's success potential, graduate students from a prestigious university were chosen for a pilot investigation of the motive to avoid success in black men and women. Thirty-five subjects (14 female; 21 male) received a verbal TAT and a 54-item sex role questionnaire designed for purposes of this investigation. Fear of success was scored according to the new, experimentally derived scoring system for this motive. Contrary to expectation, the results did not indicate any evidence of success avoidance in either sex. However, fear of success in females was clearly associated with striving to develop career interests compatible with their strong commitment to home and husband, while among similarly motivated males it was suggested that the pragmatic career orientation observed was the product of compensatory motivational dynamics. It was concluded that these subjects were motivated to avoid what are perceived to be role-inappropriate behaviors while conforming to socially accepted values internalized in earlier years.

The Talking Platypus Phenomenon: Competency Ratings as a Function of Sex and Professional Status

1977 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 114-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul R. Abramson ◽  
Philip A. Goldberg ◽  
Judith H. Greenberg ◽  
Linda M. Abramson
Keyword(s):  
Stimulus Person ◽  
Professional Status ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Vocational Competence ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Female Subjects

Ratings of vocational competence, marriageability, and interpersonal success were made by male and female subjects of a stimulus person described in a one-page, single-spaced biography. The sex and status of the stimulus person in the biography were manipulated such that for each biography half the subjects were led to believe it was about a male, half were led to believe it was about a female, half were led to believe that the individual was an attorney, and half were led to believe that the individual was a paralegal worker. The results indicated that both men and women perceived the female attorney as being the most vocationally competent. It was proposed that the increased ratings of vocational competency for the female attorney were a function of her performance being perceived as having occurred within a context replete with the types of constraints that usually obviate the degree of success she achieved. It was also suggested that the finding concerning vocational competence exemplifies the talking platypus phenomenon; that is, when an individual achieves a level of success not anticipated, his/her achievement tends to be magnified rather than diminished. After all, it matters little what the platypus says, the wonder is that it can say anything at all.

The New Testament Teaching on the Role Relationship of Male and Female with Special Reference to the Teaching/Ruling Functions in the Church

1975 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 216-225
Author(s):  
George W. Knight
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Unique Function ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Role Relationship ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Women And Children ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Church ◽  
Teaching Situations

In considering the ministry of men and women in the church, three biblical truths must be held in correlation: (a) Men and women are equal as image bearers and, therefore, in their standing in and before Christ male and female are equal; (b) men and women manifest in their sexuality a difference created and ordered by God — women by God's creative order are to be in subjection to men in the home and church, and are therefore excluded from the ruling and teaching offices; and (c) women have a unique function to fulfill in the diaconal task of the church, along with men, and in teaching situations in relation to women and children.

A Tape Striation Counting Method for Determining Fundamental Frequency

1979 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 246-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter B. Mueller ◽  
Marla Adams ◽  
Jean Baehr-Rouse ◽  
Debbie Boos
Keyword(s):  
Fundamental Frequency ◽  
Counting Method ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Fundamental Frequencies ◽  
Counting Procedure ◽  
Female Subjects

Mean fundamental frequencies of male and female subjects obtained with FLORIDA I and a tape striation counting procedure were compared. The fundamental frequencies obtained with these two methods were similar and it appears that the tape striation counting procedure is a viable, simple, and inexpensive alternative to more costly and complicated procedures and instrumentation.

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