It was hypothesized that a negative relationship should exist between one's over-all level of psychosocial maturity as measured by Constantinople's (1969) Inventory of Psychosocial Development and one's Fear of Appearing Incompetent as measured by Good and Good's (1973b) scale. The hypothesis was supported for 44 male and 106 female undergraduates (p < .001). Similarities between the moderating effect of these two variables in the attraction paradigm were noted.
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