The Sequential Mediating Effects of Self-Esteem and Self-Handicapping in the Relationship between Socially Prescribed Perfectionism and Fear of Failure on Academic Procrastination of College students

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 923-939
Author(s):  
Jae-Wook Shin ◽  
Jung-Soon Hong
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Fear Of Failure ◽  
Academic Procrastination ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
Socially Prescribed Perfectionism ◽  
The Relationship

COMPONENTS OF PERFECTIONISM AND PROCRASTINATION IN COLLEGE STUDENTS

1992 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon L. Flett ◽  
Kirk R. Blankstein ◽  
Paul L. Hewitt ◽  
Spomenka Koledin
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Fear Of Failure ◽  
Academic Procrastination ◽  
Socially Prescribed Perfectionism

The present research examined the relations between individual differences in perfectionism and procrastinatory behavior in college students. A sample of 131 students (56 males, 75 females) completed measures of self-oriented, other-oriented, and socially prescribed perfectionism, as well as measures of academic procrastination and general procrastination. Subjects also completed ratings of factors related to procrastination (i.e., fear of failure, task aversiveness). Correlational analyses revealed it was the socially prescribed perfectionism dimension that was most closely correlated with both generalized procrastination and academic procrastination, especially among males. There were few significant correlations involving self-oriented and other-oriented perfectionism. However, the fear of failure component of procrastination was associated broadly with all the perfectionism dimensions. Overall, the results suggest that procrastination stems, in part, from the anticipation of social disapproval from individuals with perfectionistic standards for others.

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