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To test the prediction that both males and females would show evidence of “fear of success” when success was achieved in a nontraditional field, male and female subjects wrote five-minute stories in response to cues depicting a male's or female's success in medical school or nursing school. Results showed that both sexes wrote more fear of success stories in gender-inappropriate than in gender-appropriate conditions. The need for a broader conception of fear of success motivation is discussed.
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Cherry, F., Deaux, K. Fear of success versus fear of gender-inappropriate behavior. Sex Roles 4, 97–101 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00288380
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