Overachieving and sexual orientation

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dc.contributor.authorMallard, Ryan W.
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorVasey, Paul L.
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-26T17:44:03Z
dc.date.available2014-08-26T17:44:03Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.descriptionviii, 121 leaves ; 29 cmen_US
dc.description.abstractThe Best Little Boy in the World hypothesis holds that homosexual males are overachievers because they seek to deflect attention away from their stigmatize sexual orientations and over-compensate for feelings of inferiority and shame. Implicit in this reasoning is the assumption that homosexual males experience apprehension during social situations in which their self-worth is under evaluation and, as such, they overachieve in an attempt obtain validation from others. However, results here suggest that homosexual males do not differ from their heterosexual male counterparts on psychological tendencies thought to underpin overachieving. These psychological tendencies include validation seeking, insecure striving, and fear of negative evaluation. Further, there is no evidence that male sexual orientation differences exist for measures of growth seeking behavior. Finally, homosexual females do not differ from their heterosexual female counterparts for these same measures, which limits the generalizability of the hypothesis to other groups with minority sexual orientation.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/3489
dc.language.isoen_CAen_US
dc.proquestyesNoen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Psychology, c2013en_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectOverachievementen_US
dc.subjectGay men -- Psychologyen_US
dc.subjectLesbians -- Psychologyen_US
dc.subjectSelf-evaluationen_US
dc.subjectSocial comparisonen_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.titleOverachieving and sexual orientationen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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