Mean scores on test designed to evaluate two motives to avoid success were examined for 207 male and 110 female college students, and 277 men and 379 women 20- to 50-yr.-old. The revised Achievement-related Motives Scale was administered. Two subscales of the motives scale were related to a fear of loss of affiliation and a denying attitude for attaining success. Analysis showed fear of loss of affiliation grew gradually stronger with age, but there was no significant difference by sex; the denying attitude for attaining success was not statistically significantly different by sex, but women's mean scores were higher than those of men.
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