Citation

Truhon SA, McKinney JP, Hotch DF. J. Youth Adolesc. 1980; 9(4): 289-297.

Affiliation

Valparaiso University, Chile.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1980, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/BF02087980

PMID

24318150

Abstract

Male and female college students stated how proud or ashamed they would be of 96 behaviors. The ratings by each sex were then factor analyzed. While personal accomplishments was found to be the primary factor for males, academic failure was the primary factor for females. An interpretation of these differences in terms of the operation of fear-of-failure dynamics among college women was suggested. Further examination of the factor structures revealed a larger number of morality-related factors for females than for males, suggesting that morality is more differentiated for females. The compatibility of this finding with previous research in the area of moral development was noted.

Language: en