The best little kid in the world: Internalized sexual stigma and extrinsic contingencies of self‐worth, work values, and life aspirations among men and women

According to “the Best Little Boy in the World Hypothesis” many gay men exhibit a drive to excel in achievement‐related areas of life, as a way to avoid staking self‐worth on domains where others’ rejection could negatively affect them. Pachankis and Hatzenbuehler's (2013) research supported this hypothesis among men. We expand on this research and hypothesized that internalized sexual stigma would be associated with achievement‐related...