Toward an Understanding of Achievement-Related Conflicts in Women.

Horner, Matina S.

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Publication Date: 1972

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Toward an Understanding of Achievement-Related Conflicts in Women

Horner, Matina S.

Journal of Social Issues, 28, 2, 157-176, Spr 72

Identifies the motive to avoid success as an internal psychological representative of the dominant societal stereotype which views competence, independence, competition, and intellectual achievement as qualities basically inconsistent with femininity, even though positively related to masculinity and mental health. (Author/JM)

Descriptors: Achievement Need, Affiliation Need, College Students, Females, Motivation, Psychological Studies, Psychological Testing, Role Conflict, Role Perception, Socialization

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