Stoeber, J. and Hutchfield, J. and Wood, K.V. (2008) Perfectionism, self-efficacy, and aspiration level: Differential effects of perfectionistic striving and self-criticism after success and failure. Personality and Individual Differences, 45 (4). pp. 323-327. ISSN 0191-8869 .
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Abstract
Despite over 15 years of research on multidimensional perfectionism, it is still unclear how different forms of perfectionism are related to self-efficacy, aspiration level, and reactions to success and failure in performance situations. Differentiating between positive striving perfectionism and self-critical perfectionism, the present study investigated in N = 100 undergraduate students how perfectionistic striving and self-criticism were related to self-efficacy, aspiration level, and performance and how manipulated success and failure feedback affected these relationships. Results showed that perfectionistic striving was positively correlated with self-efficacy and aspiration level prior to manipulated feedback. Moreover, perfectionistic striving predicted increases in aspiration level following success feedback. In contrast, self-criticism was negatively correlated with self-efficacy prior to feedback and predicted decreases in self-efficacy following failure feedback. The findings corroborate the view that perfectionism has both adaptive and maladaptive aspects: whereas self-criticism is associated with low self-efficacy and makes perfectionists lose confidence after failure, perfectionistic striving is associated with higher aspiration levels and makes perfectionists reach for higher aims after success.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled keywords: | perfectionism; self-criticism; self-efficacy; aspiration level; motivation; performance; aptitude tests; success; failure |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
| Divisions: | Faculties > Social Sciences > School of Psychology |
| Depositing User: | Joachim Stoeber |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Apr 2009 11:24 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Feb 2013 16:55 |
| Resource URI: | http://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/13160 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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