Dimensions of Perfectionism in Elementary School-Aged Children: Associations with Anxiety, Life Satisfaction, and Academic Achievement

Bu çalışmanın başlıca amacı, ilköğretim çağındaki çocuklarda mükemmeliyetçilik boyutları ile kaygı, yaşam doyumu ve akademik başarı arasındaki ilişkileri incelemek ve mükemmeliyetçilik boyutlarının kaygı, yaşam doyumu ve akademik başarının anlamlı bir yordayıcısı olup olmadığını araştırmaktır. Aynı zamanda mükemmeliyetçilik boyutlarından alınan puanların cinsiyet ve sınıf düzeyine göre anlamlı olarak farklılaşıp farklılaşmadığı incelenmiştir. Dört yüz on sekiz çocuk (198 kız, 220 erkek), Uyumlu-Uyumsuz Mükemmeliyetçilik Ölçeği, Çocuklar İçin Sürekli Kaygı Envanteri ve Öğrenciler İçin Çok Boyutlu Yaşam Doyumu Ölçeği-Kısa Formu’nu yanıtlamışlardır. Sonuçlar, mükemmeliyetçiliğin hatalara duyarlılık ve onay gereksinimi boyutlarının kaygı ile pozitif yönde ve anlamlı olarak, şartlı benlik saygısı ve saplantılı davranış boyutlarının ise yaşam doyumunun tüm alt boyutları, genel yaşam doyumu ve akademik başarı ile pozitif yönde ve anlamlı olarak ilişkili olduğunu ortaya koymuştur. Hatalara duyarlılığın kaygının anlamlı bir yordayıcısı olduğu bulunurken, şartlı benlik saygısı ve saplantılı davranışın yaşam doyumu ve akademik başarının anlamlı bir yordayıcısı olduğu bulunmuştur. Ayrıca, cinsiyetin hatalara duyarlılık, şartlı benlik saygısı ve saplantılı davranış puanlarında, sınıf düzeyinin ise saplantılı davranış ve onay gereksinimi puanlarında anlamlı farklılaşmalara yol açtığı bulunmuştur.

İlköğretim Çağındaki Çocuklarda Mükemmeliyetçilik Boyutları: Kaygı, Yaşam Doyumu ve Akademik Başarı ile İlişkileri

The main purpose of the study was to examine the relationship of the dimensions of perfectionism with anxiety, life satisfaction, and academic achievement, and to determine whether dimensions of perfectionism significantly predict anxiety, overall life satisfaction, and academic achievement in elementary school-aged children. Differences in the level of the dimensions of perfectionism according to gender and grade level were also investigated. Four hundred and eighteen children (198 girls and 220 boys) completed the Adaptive-Maladaptive Perfectionism Scale, Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children, and The Brief Multidimensional Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale. Results revealed that sensitivity to mistakes and need for admiration were significantly and positively correlated with anxiety, while contingent self-esteem and compulsiveness were significantly and positively correlated with all life satisfaction domains, overall life satisfaction, and academic achievement. Sensitivity to mistakes was found as a significant predictor of anxiety, while contingent self-esteem and compulsiveness were found as significant predictors of both life satisfaction and academic achievement. Findings also indicated that there were significant effects of gender on sensitivity to mistakes, contingent self-esteem, and compulsiveness, and that there were significant grade level effects on compulsiveness and need for admiration.

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