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Sex Roles: A Journal of… | 1 |
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Lenney, Ellen – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1981
Reports experimental research testing the following hypotheses: (1) sex differences in self-confidence are a function of a particular ability area; and (2) self-confidence of women is more influenced than men's by the characteristics of the particular individual with whom they compare themselves. (Author/EF)
Descriptors: Ability, College Students, Females, Locus of Control