Mean Levels and Correlates of Perfectionism in International Baccalaureate and General Education Students

Autor/inn/en	Shaunessy, Elizabeth; Suldo, Shannon M.; Friedrich, Allison
Titel	Mean Levels and Correlates of Perfectionism in International Baccalaureate and General Education Students
Quelle	In: High Ability Studies, 22 (2011) 1, S.61-77 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1359-8139
Schlagwörter	General Education; Life Satisfaction; Academic Achievement; Academic Education; Advanced Placement Programs; Personality Traits; Statistical Analysis; Anxiety; Correlation; Mental Health; High School Students; Grade Point Average + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Allgemein bildendes Schulwesen; Allgemeinbildung; Lebensvollendung; Schulleistung; Akademische Bildung; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Statistische Analyse; Angst; Korrelation; Psychohygiene; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin
Abstract	This exploratory study examined the mean levels of perfectionism among 178 general education students and 141 students enrolled in the International Baccalaureate (IB) program, a rigorous academic curriculum. The study also explored perfectionism in relation to grade level and student outcomes (psychological functioning, academic achievement). Results of independent t-tests and one-way ANOVAs indicated higher levels of adaptive perfectionism and lower levels of maladaptive perfectionism among IB students, as well as a significant decrease in mean levels of adaptive perfectionism and increases in maladaptive perfectionism by grade level among IB students. Among both groups of high school students, maladaptive perfectionism was linked to greater anxiety and lower GPAs; IB students evidenced a particularly strong inverse relationship between maladaptive perfectionism and global life satisfaction. Adaptive perfectionism was moderately correlated with academic achievement, as well as associated with greater life satisfaction especially for general education students. Maladaptive perfectionism did not moderate any relationships between adaptive perfectionism and student outcomes. (Contains 2 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10