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Fear of Failure in Group Risk‐taking
Author(s) -
HARTNETT JOHN J.,
BARBER ROBERT M.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
british journal of social and clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0007-1293
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1974.tb00099.x
Subject(s) - fear of failure , psychology , social psychology , clinical psychology , group (periodic table) , developmental psychology , organic chemistry , chemistry
High‐school students were administered items from the CDQ (Choice Dilemmas Questionnaire) under success‐orientated or failure‐orientated instructions. A control group of college subjects was administered the usual success‐orientated instructions. Subjects in the failure‐orientated condition were significantly more risky in their decisions than subjects in the success‐orientated condition, indicating that ‘fear of failure’ in decisions involving risk results in high‐risk decisions. A risky shift was not found in any of the conditions, although subjects in both success conditions perceived themselves as more risky than their peers.