Using a sample of 328 working women, the authors tested the hypotheses that women's perception of couple sex role combination, and a couple's achievement differences are related to women's fear of success. Sex role type was categorized as traditional or modern. According to a wife's and husband's sex role type, there were 4 types of couple sex role combinations. Achievement difference was categorized as wife superior or husband superior. Results indicated that women belonging to "husband-wife both of modern sex role" group had the lowest fear of success among the four couple sex role combination groups. Women's sex attitudes were related to their fear of success. Women who perceived their husbands having traditional sex roles worry more about the problems pertaining to job success than women in other groups. The meanings and implications of these results are discussed.
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