COMPONENTS OF PERFECTIONISM AND PROCRASTINATION IN COLLEGE STUDENTS
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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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Only one study has found sex-related differences concerning the associations between procrastination and perfectionism, such that the association between procrastination and perfectionistic concerns was stronger for men than for women.
“Regarding respondent sex, only one study has found sex-related differences concerning the associations between procrastination and perfectionism such that, the association between procrastination and perfectionistic concerns was stronger for men than it was for women (Flett et al., 1992).”
From A Meta–Analytic and Conceptual Update on the Associations between Procrastination and Multidimensional Perfectionism (2017) · cites this paper as Flett et al., 1992
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- Authors
- Flett, G. L., Blankstein, K. R., Hewitt, P. L., & Koledin, S.
- Venue
- Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal
- Publisher
- Scientific Journal Publishers Ltd
- Published
- 1992-01-01
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 85-94
- ISSN
- 0301-2212 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2147942137
- Cited by
- 238
- References
- 26
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- FWCI
- 3.09
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Locations
- Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Student Stress and Coping
- Keywords
- perfectionism, procrastination, academic procrastination, self-oriented perfectionism, other-oriented perfectionism, socially prescribed perfectionism, fear of failure, task aversiveness, university students, gender differences, social disapproval
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