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University Students’ Perfectionistic Profiles: Do They Predict Achievement Goal Orientations and Coping Strategies?

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  • Panayiota Metallidou
  • Dimitrios Stamovlasis

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The present study aimed at investigating the effect of different perfectionistic latent profiles on university students’ personal goal orientation and coping strategies. Four hundred thirty nine university students (82.5% females) from various departments (38.5% freshmen) participated in the study. Students were asked to complete anonymously three self-report questionnaires in groups in their university classes- (a) the Almost Perfect Scale-Revised was used for measuring perfectionism as a multidimensional construct, (b) the Personal Achievement Goals questionnaire for measuring achievement goal orientation (mastery orientation, performance-approach orientation, and performance-avoidance orientation), and (c) the R-COPE questionnaire for measuring adaptive and maladaptive coping strategies for everyday problems. Latent class analysis was conducted in order to create categorical perfectionistic profiles. The data support the three-group model of adaptive and maladaptive perfectionists and non-perfectionists. The adaptive and maladaptive perfectionistic profiles differ in the level of discrepancy between personal standards and accomplishments and significantly predicted adaptive and maladaptive achievement motivation and coping, respectively.

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  • Panayiota Metallidou & Dimitrios Stamovlasis, 2020. "University Students’ Perfectionistic Profiles: Do They Predict Achievement Goal Orientations and Coping Strategies?," Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 10(2), pages 1-57, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:jedpjl:v:10:y:2020:i:2:p:57
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