Elena Stănculescu

University students’ fear of success from the perspective of positive psychology

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• Elena Stanculescu Professor University Of Bucharest

Journal title : Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Print ISSN : 1877-0428

Page Number : 728-732

Journal volume : 78

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The aim of this study was to examine university students’ fear of success from the perspective of positive psychology. Two objectives were addressed: first, analyzing the relation between fear of success, optimism, self-esteem, self-efficacy, and search for meaning in life; second, exploring the variance of the fear of success, taking into account the affective dimension of the self (self-esteem) and search for meaning in life. The results confirmed that fear of success was positively related to search for meaning, and negatively to optimism, self-esteem, and self-efficacy. The variance of the fear of success was explained by the self-esteem and search for meaning in life. Implications for school psychologists were discussed.

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.04.384

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• Education and training
• Psychology

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