BEING THE BEST - PRELIMINARY-RESULTS FROM A NATIONAL STUDY OF THE ACHIEVEMENT OF PROMINENT BLACK-AND-WHITE WOMEN

In this study the achieving styles, coping strategies, gender roles, a nd feminist attitudes of 125 prominent, highly achieving Black and Whi te women in the United States were examined. Multivariate analyses of variance were used to examine race differences and similarities; canon ical regression analyses were used to examine relationships among achi eving styles and the other sets of variables. Both similarities and di fferences between Black and White women were found, and achieving styl es were significantly related to the other variables. Strengths, limit ations, and implications of the study for counseling are discussed.