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Race, Social Class and the Motive to Avoid Success in Women

dc.contributor.authorWeston, Peteren_US
dc.contributor.authorMednick, Marthaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-13T19:11:40Z
dc.date.available2010-04-13T19:11:40Z
dc.date.issued1970en_US
dc.identifier.citationWeston, Peter; Mednick, Martha (1970). "Race, Social Class and the Motive to Avoid Success in Women." Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 1(3): 283-291. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/67151>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0022-0221en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/67151
dc.description.abstractThis study sought to examine race and social class differences in the expression of fear of success in women. This concept, termed the Motive to Avoid Success (M-s), was developed and utilized by Horner (1968) to explain sex differences in achievement motivation. In our study, M-s imagery expressed in response to TAT-verbal cues was compared for black and white college women and two social class levels. The hypothesis that black women would show less M-s than white women was supported. The findings held for subjects at two schools and for two verbal cues. Social class differences were not found. Several interpretations and suggestions for follow-up studies are given.en_US
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dc.publisherSage Publicationsen_US
dc.titleRace, Social Class and the Motive to Avoid Success in Womenen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPsychologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumHoward University; University of Michigan.en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherHoward Universityen_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/67151/2/10.1177_135910457000100307.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/135910457000100307en_US
dc.identifier.sourceJournal of Cross-Cultural Psychologyen_US
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