Impact of Coeducation on "Fear of Success" Imagery Expressed by Male and Female High School Students

• Published in: Journal of Educational Psychology Vol. 66; no. 5; p. 726
• Main Author: Winchel, Ronald
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 1974
• Subjects: Anxiety; Coeducation; Descriptive Writing; Elementary Secondary Education; Failure; Females; Males; Sex Differences; Student Motivation; Success

Results indicate that increased cross-sex competition increases fear of success in females. It appears, however, that the motive is largely formed before a girl reaches high school and that females who have not learned to avoid success in the presence of male classmates in elementary school do not f...