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The Costs of Type B Behavior: Females at Risk in Achievement Situations'
Author(s) -
Kliewer Wendy,
Lepore Stephen J.,
Evans Gary W.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1990.tb01478.x
Subject(s) - psychology , preference , task (project management) , developmental psychology , test (biology) , social psychology , statistics , paleontology , mathematics , management , economics , biology
This study investigated the costs associated with the Type B behavior pattern in an achievement task completed by 84 male and female fifth‐ and sixth‐grade students preselected for their Type A‐B scores. We hypothesized that the achievement behaviors of Type B girls, in comparison to boys and Type A girls, would be most negatively affected by failure experiences. Hypothesis‐testing strategies were assessed during a discrimination task that included eight training, four forced failure, and four success problems. Self‐ratings of performance were obtained following failure and success experiences, and preference for challenge was measured. As expected. Type B girls in comparison to all other children showed the greatest decrement in their hypothesis‐testing strategies during failure, appeared to have the most difficulty recovering from failure, were the only group to view their performance following success as poorer than other children's performance, and exhibited the least preference for challenge. These findings suggest that Type B girls are at risk in achievement situations.