Fear of success was measured for 83 female high school seniors. It was hypothesized that daughters of working mothers would exhibit lower fear of success than daughters of non-working mothers, and such fear would be affected by three aspects of maternal employment, level, duration, and volitionality. Also, it was hypothesized that fear of success would be greater among parochial than among public school females. Results were somewhat supportive.
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