ERIC Number: EJ1354925
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
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Perfectionism and Honors Students: Cautious Good News
Feenstra, Jennifer S.
Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, v23 n1 p237-249 2022
Psychoeducational research differentiates adaptive and maladaptive forms of perfectionism. This study considers personal-strivings and evaluative-concerns perfectionism in relation to procrastination, stress, anxiety, well-being, and academic achievement among students (n = 147) of all undergraduate levels and across disciplines, with honors representing a little over a quarter. While results show evaluative-concerns perfectionism to positively correlate to stress and anxiety and negatively correlate with well-being, no correlation is found relative to procrastination and GPA. Conversely, personal-strivings perfectionism negatively correlates with procrastination and stress and positively with well-being and GPA. Honors students show a higher degree of the more adaptive personal-strivings perfectionism than their undergraduate counterparts but do not differ in the maladaptive form. Data suggest that this is good news for honors students: they have more adaptive perfectionism and are in no more danger from its maladaptive type than other students.
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Honors Curriculum, Time Management, Stress Variables, Anxiety, Well Being, Academic Achievement, Undergraduate Students, Grade Point Average, Psychological Patterns, Adjustment (to Environment), Correlation, Aspiration
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale
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