Thesis (Ph. D.)--United States International University, 1989.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--United States International University, 1989.

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Abstract ¡§Sexual role¡¨ is that an individual shows the behavior form of his sex from the behavior of himself. Generally speaking, the female role that we expect belongs to obedience, dependence, and meekness, the sexual role ability related to the expression of human emotions, and the male role that we expect belongs to achievement and independence related to the character of initiative and implement. Therefore, the said ¡§ Traditional sexual role attitude¡¨ is to have the conception of polarization to the bisexual role and nature. The modern sexual role attitude considers that women can develop their career outward as well except taking care of their family, so the sexual role attitude is more flexible. According to the discovery of Horner¡¦s research (1965), expected success will bring the bad effect to women when they are in the circumstances of compitetion, for example, unpopularity, expelling of the society, loss of date and object of marriage, loss of female temperament, and sense of sin, etc., so they will constrain their motive of achievement, reduce their performance of achievement, and avoid the opportunity of success in their career. This phenomenon is called ¡§Fear of success¡¨ or the motive of avoiding success. ¡§Future development¡¨ is indicated the growth accumulated by the serial working experiences from the serial formal working role of an individual, or the subjective perception, felling, and attitude to the growth of the serial working experience. This research, taking the female officials as the object of research, is supposed mainly to understand the relation and the effect extent of sexual role attitude, fear of success, and future development of the female officials, and with the variables of interference of marriage and education, probe further the effect of interference to sexual role attitude, fear of success, and future development. This reseach is using the way of survey questionnaire, and analyzed with various methods of statistic analysis. The important discoveries are stated separately as follows: 1. The sexual role attitude of the female officials tends to the modern role, and the sexual role attitude becomes more flexible. 2. The female officials have fear of success, and the tendency of the fear of success which responds on the working pressure is the highest. 3. Although the female officials have fear of success, they still have the strong demands of promotion. 4. The human relationship has remarkable and positive influence on career and achievement. The demand of career development has the effect of intermediary between human relationship and the relation of career and achievement. 5. The effect of interference of marriage to sexual role attitude, fear of success, and future development. (1) The interaction of role attitude outside of the family with marriage has effect of interference to mission direction and power demand. The interaction of role attitude inside of the family with marriage has effect of interference to working challenge. (2) The interaction of family life, making friend and selecting spouse, getting along of spouse, and working pressure with marriage has effect of interference to demand of mission direction. 6. The effect of interference of education to sexual role attitude, fear of success, and future development. (1) The interaction of role attitude and stereotyped image outside of the family with role attitude and education inside of the family has effect of interference to power demand, working interest, and demand of working challenge. (2) The interaction of working pressure with education has effect of interferenc to demand of mission direction.

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Teachers College, Columbia University, 1995. / Includes tables. Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: Maria Torres-Guzman. Dissertation Committee: Roger Myers. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 155-174).

The study was designed to determine the relationship between the psychological constructs of "fear of failure (FOF)" and "fear of success (FOS)" and motor performance in badminton. Forty-three males and fifty-one females in beginning badminton classes were administered the FOF and FOS scales, followed by three independent skills tests and a round-robin singles tournament. Conclusions were that FOF and FOS are two separate performance motives; FOF appears to be the dominant motive for females; both FOF and FOS are related to motor performance in face-to-face competition, while only FOS is related to performance in isolated skills.

There is substantial evidence that self-defeating behaviors appear regularly among populations considered psychologically stable. While there has been abundant research on self-esteem, self-efficacy, personality traits, and fear of success as independent constructs, little is known regarding the combined effect of these constructs on the self-defeating behaviors of performing artists. Examining self-defeating behaviors among performing artists is significant because this population is susceptible to self-sabotaging behaviors, underscoring the need to understand their behaviors. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to examine whether self-esteem, self-efficacy, personality, and fear of success predicted self-defeating behaviors among performing artists. Bandura's self-efficacy theory and the Baumeister self-esteem theory were used as the theoretical foundations for the study. A cross-sectional self-administered survey was used to collect data about how self-esteem, self-efficacy, personality, and fear of success affected the self-defeating behavior of performing artists from a convenience sample of 100 performing artists in New York City. The following assessment tools were used: Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, General Perceived Self-Efficacy Scale, Big Five Inventory, Fear of Success Scale, and the Lay Procrastination Scale. Results indicated a significant relationship between the self-efficacy, self-esteem, personality, and fear of success on self-defeating behavior in performance artists. The implications for positive social change include the potential to help current and future performing artists recognize and manage their self-defeating behaviors, thus preventing disengagement at work, depression, and frustration.

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Researchers and economists have argued that the economic and social stagnation of African Americans is the result of their lack of self-confidence, initiative, and commitment toward their own advancement. This qualitative study examined whether historical conditioning and personal experiences have created a hypersensitivity in this population to events triggering behaviors that mirror the success fearing personality when seeking social, economic, and political advancement. It used Zuckerman and Allison's fear of success scale to identify the range of success fearing in 30 African American men and women aged 35 years or more; this group was also interviewed regarding their lived experiences when pursuing advancements in the United States workforce. The interview questions were formulated using Cohen's fear of success factors; responses were inductively coded and organized using ATLAS.ti 7 software program. Regardless of their fear of success scale (FOSS) scores, the participants' interview responses revealed that even in the absence of explicit or implicit discrimination, there was an unconscious expectation of racism, and that strong family, religious, and educational influences aided in preserving these expectations. The participants were also found to be hypersensitive to events that triggered behaviors mirroring the characteristics of success fearing personality. The findings of this study can have far-reaching implications for the overall social and psychological betterment of African Americans in organizations, educational institutes, and political/civic action groups. It should be used to begin an alternative conversation of personal and social reconciliation, emotional healing, and pride, which participants asserted was the cornerstone of African American progress in the 1960s.