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"Power is an omnipresent phenomenon. It can be perceived in the public sphere, in trade and political organizations; as well as in the private area, in intimate relationships between two people who are in love with each other, between a husband and wife, parents and children, and also between siblings. In psychology power is defined as the capacity to influence the kind and quality of outcomes of others' behaviour; as well as control over the resources which provide a power-holder with the potential to exert influence, that is to say, to alter others' behaviour (Cartwright and Zender, 1968; Kipnis, 1972; Fiske, 1993; Anderson and Berdahl, 2002; et al.)".

The paper presents the results of research into fear of success in Polish students. The participants were 208 university students of psychology, education, political science, and physical education at the School of Physical Education. Horner's projective method (1972, 1978) was used. The analysed variables were sex, study major, average grades, locus of control, Machiavellianism, and masculinity and femininity. Fear of success was observed in more than half of the investigated students – 62% of men and 48% of women. Multiple regression analyses showed that masculinity and Machiavellianism were the best predictors of fear of success. Fear of success occurred the least frequently in the students of physical education. The regression model explained 11% of the fear of success variables.