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ERIC Number: EJ389144
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Academic Success Expectancy: The Interplay of Gender, Situation, and Meaning.
Gigliotti, Richard J.; Secrest, Susan E.
Research in Higher Education, v29 n4 p281-97 Dec 1988
A study examined the role of meaning, familiarity with the task, and sex-stereotypic personality disposition in college students' success expectancy. It found no evidence for sex-related personality disposition to lower success expectancy, suggesting a need to examine how meaning and familiarity can affect college students' success. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Students, Expectation, Higher Education, Personality Traits, Self Concept, Sex Differences, Success
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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