Journal article
Making the grade: the behavioural consequences of perfectionism in the classroom
Abstract
The objective of this study was to examine the behavioural correlates of perfectionism in a real world achievement task and to assess whether perfectionism is associated with self regulation strategies, attributions, and behaviour that is self-defeating. We also examined the predictive validity of the distinction between adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism on our dependent measures. A total of 198 students completed questionnaires about …
Authors
Bieling PJ; Israeli A; Smith J; Antony MM
Journal
Personality and Individual Differences, Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 163–178
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
7 2003
DOI
10.1016/s0191-8869(02)00173-3
ISSN
0191-8869