ACHIEVEMENT ORIENTATION AND FEAR OF SUCCESS IN ASIAN-AMERICAN COLLEGE-STUDENTS

One hundred eighty-five Asian American undergraduates participated in a study designed to examine the relationships among gender, acculturat ion. achievement orientation. and fear of academic success. Acculturat ion was modestly correlated with achievement orientation. Endorsement of Asian and Angle values were significantly related to individual-ori ented achievement. Marginal significance. however. was obtained for en dorsement of Asian values and beliefs to social-oriented achievement. These findings suggest that persons with a bicultural identity tend to adopt a multifaceted achievement style. Achievement orientation. in t urn. predicted fear of academic success, with gender and perceived dis crepancies from parental achievement values contributing minimal addit ional variance. Social-oriented achievement was related to high fear o f academic success. whereas an individualistic orientation buffered ag ainst Such conflicts. (C) 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.