ilies as more encouraging of every aspect of personal growth. Similarly, girls viewed themsore involved in social structures and in emotional aspects of their lives.
There has been an extensive amount of literature examining gender differences in success or achievement motivation. Males have been viewed as more internally and externally driven to success and commitment towards their occupations. In an
experiment conducted by Naifa Katami (1994), results revealed that there was a significant difference of the gender variable on the achievement motive in favor of male students. When investigating whether gender differences existed among younger ages of male and female adolescents, there was also a significant gender difference. Results indicate that boys reported a clear emphasis on task-orientated activities and personal ambition (Margalit & Eysenck, 1990).
Based on earlier studies, there have been evidence suggesting gender differences in social relationships, more specifically involving friends and the significant other. In a study by Ann M. Beutel and Margaret Mooney Marini (1995), they studies gender differences in the fundamental value orientation
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