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Peer reviewedZern, David S. – Developmental Psychology, 1984
Analyzes the interrelationships of six basic child-rearing dimensions (nurturance, obedience, responsibility, self-reliance, achievement, and general independence) in a cross-cultural sample of 110 societies. Most generally, results reveal that societal pressures in child rearing in one dimension is likely to be related to pressure in any other…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Anxiety, Child Rearing, Children
Peer reviewedOrlofsky, Jacob L.; Stake, Jayne E. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 1981
Investigated the influences of gender and individual differences in psychological masculinity and femininity on the achievement and interpersonal strivings, abilities, and self-concepts of 176 college students. Results indicated that psychological masculinity and femininity are better predictors of strivings and self-concepts in the achievement…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Femininity, Interpersonal Relationship, Masculinity
Download full textInglehart, Marita Rosch; And Others – 1987
While men and women in 1987 may be able to achieve equally in academic settings, gender differences in affective and value factors associated with achieving academically may exist. Differences in the values attached to academic achievement and thus the motivation behind achievements, and feelings about the situation in which education takes place…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Affective Behavior, College Students
Pedro, Joan Daniels – Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 1982
Examined career maturity in high school females by using a set of general career-maturity and gender-specific, career-related measures, and an alternate career-maturity criterion measure, career-planning involvement. Results indicated significant relationships between achievement orientation and occupational information and knowledge of women's…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Career Planning, Females, High School Students
Handel, Ruth D. – 1986
This study investigated achievement attitudes of young, mathematically able adolescents in order to examine differences between boys and girls equated for ability, and to explore relationships between self-perceptions, aspirations, and extra-curricular activities related to mathematics, science, or computers. The research was guided by the…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Achievement Need, Adolescents, Extracurricular Activities
Schiamberg, Lawrence B.; Chin, Chong-Hee – 1987
Focusing on the family as a context for the development of life plans by youth, this report summarizes findings of a 14-year longitudinal study on the educational and occupational life plans and achievement of youth in rural low-income areas in six southeastern states. Specific attention is given to (1) how parental educational and occupational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Adolescents, Ecology
