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Fear of Success: The Construction and Validation of a Measuring Instrument

Marice Pappo
Pages 36-41 | Published online: 10 Jun 2010

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Jonathan S. Gore, Jessica Thomas, Stevy Jones, Lauren Mahoney, Kristina Dukes & Jodi Treadway. (2016) Social factors that predict fear of academic success. Educational Review 68:2, pages 155-170.
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Julie Elmen. (2016) Achievement Orientation in Early Adolescence. The Journal of Early Adolescence 11:1, pages 125-151.
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F. Ishu Ishiyama, Paul A. Munson & David J. Chabassol. (2016) Birth Order and Fear of Success among Midadolescents. Psychological Reports 66:1, pages 17-18.
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ANA M. SANCHO. (1990) QUESTIONING FEAR OF SUCCESS. Psychological Reports 67:7, pages 803.
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Michael E. Hyland. (1989) There Is No Motive to Avoid Success: The Compromise Explanation for Success-Avoiding Behavior. Journal of Personality 57:3, pages 665-693.
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Michael E. Hyland & Peter L. Dann. (1988) Converging evidence that fear of success is multidimensional. Current Psychology 7:3, pages 199-206.
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Joseph Balkin. (2016) Contributions of Friends to Women's Fear of Success in College. Psychological Reports 61:1, pages 39-42.
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Joseph Balkin. (2016) Contributions of Family to Men's Fear of Success in College. Psychological Reports 59:3, pages 1071-1074.
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F. Ishu Ishiyama & David J. Chabassol. (1985) Adolescents' fear of social consequences of academic success as a function of age and sex. Journal of Youth and Adolescence 14:1, pages 37-46.
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Maureen Kearney. (1984) A comparison of motivation to avoid success in males and females. Journal of Clinical Psychology 40:4, pages 1005-1007.
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F. Ishu Ishiyama & David J. Chabassol. (2016) Fear of Success Consequence Scale: Measurement of Fear of Social Consequences of Academic Success. Psychological Reports 54:2, pages 499-504.
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