Trait Perfectionism and Dance Goals Among Young Female Dancers: An Application of the 2 × 2 Model of Perfectionism

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Danielle S. Molnar ◽  
Melissa Blackburn ◽  
Dawn Zinga ◽  
Natalie Spadafora ◽  
Tabitha Methot-Jones ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
Young Female ◽  
Structural Equations ◽  
Partial Support ◽  
Personal Standards ◽  
Extrinsic Goals ◽  
Intrinsic Goals ◽  
Evaluative Concerns ◽  
Personal Standards Perfectionism ◽  
Latent Moderated Structural Equations

This study provided the first test of the 2 × 2 model of perfectionism with respect to dancers’ goals for dancing in competitive dance. Four hundred twenty-five young female North American competitive dancers (M = 11.33 years; SD = 2.14) completed questionnaires assessing multidimensional perfectionism and goals for participation in dance. The latent moderated structural equations approach along with procedures outlined by Gaudreau indicated partial support for the 2 × 2 model of perfectionism. Pure Evaluative Concerns Perfectionism was associated with fewer intrinsic goals for dance and greater extrinsic goals for dance relative to nonperfectionism. Pure Personal Standards Perfectionism was related to less endorsement of extrinsic goals relative to nonperfectionism. Findings were complex with respect to mixed perfectionism, with this form of perfectionism being related to greater endorsement of both intrinsic and extrinsic goals for dance. Results provide partial support for the 2 × 2 model in youth dance.

scholarly journals Emotional intelligence as a moderator between perfectionism and happiness

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abbas Abdollahi ◽  
Simin Hosseinian ◽  
Hannaneh Panahipour ◽  
Mahmoud Najafi ◽  
Fariba Soheili
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
School Students ◽  
Personal Standards ◽  
Evaluative Concerns ◽  
Personal Standards Perfectionism

Happiness plays a key role in influencing adolescent performance in a variety of contexts. The present study was designed to investigate the relationships between perfectionism, emotional intelligence, and happiness and to test the moderating role of emotional intelligence in the relationship between perfectionism and happiness among Malaysian adolescents. The participants were 412 Malaysian high-school students from Selangor, all of whom completed self-report questionnaires. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to examine whether students with high levels of personal standards perfectionism, low levels of evaluative concerns perfectionism, and high levels of emotional intelligence reported higher levels of happiness. Multigroup analyses showed that emotional intelligence emerged as a significant moderator in the link between evaluative concerns perfectionism and happiness. These findings highlight the importance of emotional intelligence in mitigating the devastating effects of evaluative concerns perfectionism on happiness.

scholarly journals The mediating effect of goal orientation in the relationship between perfectionism and active-passive procrastination

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-219
Author(s):  
MinSik Choi ◽  
TaeYong Yoo
Keyword(s):  
Goal Orientation ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Personal Standards ◽  
Learning Goal ◽  
Learning Goal Orientation ◽  
Evaluative Concerns ◽  
Personal Standards Perfectionism ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study was to examine the mediating effect of goal orientation in the relationship between employee’s perfectionism and active-passive procrastination. Data were collected from 227 Korean employees who were working in various organization. First, the results indicated that there were significantly positive relationship between personal-standards perfectionism and learning goal orientation, and significantly negative relationship between personal-standards perfectionism and avoiding goal orientation. On the other hand, there were negative relationship between evaluative concerns perfectionism and learning goal orientation, and positive relationship between evaluative concerns perfectionism and avoiding goal orientation. Second, the learning goal orientation positively related with active procrastination and negatively related with passive procrastination. On the other hand, the avoiding goal orientation positively related with passive procrastination and negatively related with active procrastination. Third, there were full mediating effects of avoiding goal orientation in the relationship between perfectionism and active-passive procrastination. Based on the results, we discussed the implications and limitations of the study, and the directions for the future research.

Domain-specific perfectionism: An examination of perfectionism beyond the trait-level and its link to well-being

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shelby L. Levine ◽  
Marina Milyavskaya
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Multilevel Analyses ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
Personal Standards ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Evaluative Concerns ◽  
Trait Level ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Personal Standards Perfectionism ◽  
Domain Level

This study examined 1) whether perfectionism relates to stress, affect, and vitality similarly at the between-person and domain-specific levels; 2) how much personal standards and evaluative concerns perfectionism vary between domains and how this variability is related to well-being. Students (N=580) selected four important domains and completed surveys on domain and general perfectionism and well-being. In multilevel analyses (with n=2320 domains), perfectionism was related to well-being outcomes similarly at the trait and domain-level. There was more variability across domains in personal standards than in evaluative concerns perfectionism. Variability in personal standards perfectionism was positively related to depression. Overall, results suggest that examining perfectionism within multiple personally-relevant domains can better explain how perfectionism influences well-being. Further research needs to examine perfectionism with this multi-level approach.

Athletes’ Broad Dimensions of Dispositional Perfectionism: Examining Changes in Life Satisfaction and the Mediating Role of Sport-Related Motivation and Coping

2008 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 356-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Gaudreau ◽  
Sheilah Antl
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Goal Attainment ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Personal Standards ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Evaluative Concerns ◽  
Personal Standards Perfectionism ◽  
And Coping

This study examined the associations of dispositional perfectionism, contextual motivation, sport-related coping, goal attainment, and changes in life satisfaction during a sport competition. A sample of 186 athletes completed measures of dispositional perfectionism, contextual motivation, and life satisfaction at Time 1 (before a competition) as well as measures of coping, goal attainment, and life satisfaction at Time 2 (after a competition). Results of structural equation modeling supported a model in which self-determined and non-self-determined motivation partially mediated the relationships between different dimensions of perfectionism and coping. It was also shown that disengagement-oriented coping mediated the negative relationship between evaluative concerns perfectionism and change in life satisfaction. In a similar way, goal attainment mediated the relationships of both task- and disengagement-oriented coping with change in life satisfaction. For the most part, these results are consistent with the motivational properties of evaluative concerns and personal standards perfectionism and with literature regarding coping and self-determination theory.

Perfectionism in the transition to university: Comparing diathesis-stress and downward spiral models of depressive symptoms

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shelby L. Levine ◽  
Marina Milyavskaya
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Poor Mental Health ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Personal Standards ◽  
Downward Spiral ◽  
Personal Standards Perfectionism ◽  
Spiral Model ◽  
Diathesis Stress Model

Transitioning to university may be especially difficult for students who expect perfection from themselves. Self-critical perfectionism has consistently been linked to poor mental health. The current study compares a diathesis-stress and a downward spiral model, to determine why self-critical perfectionism is detrimental for mental health during this transition. First-year students (N=658) were recruited prior to beginning university in August and contacted again in October, January, and April. Participants completed measures on perfectionism, stress and depressive symptoms. Evidence was found for a downward spiral model with self-critical perfectionism, but not a diathesis-stress model. Students higher in self-critical perfectionism were more likely to experience increased stress and depressive symptoms in a circular and additive manner. Conversely, students higher in personal standards perfectionism experienced less stress and subsequent depressive symptoms. This research provides a theoretical model for why self-critical perfectionism is related to poor mental health outcomes which become sustained over time.

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