IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/lum/rev3rl/v11y2020i1sup1p45-60.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Tripartite Typology of Perfectionism among Psychology Students

Author

Listed:
  • Dominika Doktorová

    (Univerzita sv. Cyrila a Metoda v Trnave)

  • Nikola Piteková

    (Univerzita sv. Cyrila a Metoda v Trnave)

Abstract

The objective of the research was to find out whether it is possible to identify the perfectionist typology according to Parker (1997), with three groups namely functional perfectionists, dysfunctional perfectionists and non-perfectionists. The research group was composed of full-time university students of single-subject psychology (N = 172) with age range of 18 to 25 years. We used the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (F-MPS) to measure perfectionism. Based on the non-hierarchical cluster analysis (k-means) of the items in the F-MPS questionnaire, we identified three types of perfectionists, with the first cluster of students identified as functional perfectionists (N=51.74%), second as dysfunctional perfectionists (N=17,44%) and third cluster of non- perfectionists (N=30.81%). Identification of dysfunctional perfectionists (N=17.44%) among psychology students accentuates the need to focus on the issue. Dysfunctional perfectionism adversely affects the quality of the study and also the performance of the future profession itself.

Suggested Citation

  • Dominika Doktorová & Nikola Piteková, 2020. "Tripartite Typology of Perfectionism among Psychology Students," Postmodern Openings, Editura Lumen, Department of Economics, vol. 11(1Sup1), pages 45-60, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:lum:rev3rl:v:11:y:2020:i:1sup1:p:45-60
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.18662/po/11.1sup1/122
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://lumenpublishing.com/journals/index.php/po/article/view/2546
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/https://doi.org/10.18662/po/11.1sup1/122?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Halyna Radchuk & Zoryana Adamska & Mariia Oliinyk, 2019. "Features of Authenticity Development in Future Psychologists," Revista romaneasca pentru educatie multidimensionala - Journal for Multidimensional Education, Editura Lumen, Department of Economics, vol. 11(3), pages 213-223, September.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.

      More about this item

      Keywords

      dysfunctional perfectionists; functional perfectionists; non-perfectionists; typology of perfectionism;
      All these keywords.

      JEL classification:

      • A23 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Graduate

      Statistics

      Access and download statistics

      Corrections

      All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:lum:rev3rl:v:11:y:2020:i:1sup1:p:45-60. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

      If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

      If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

      If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

      For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Antonio Sandu (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://lumenpublishing.com/journals/index.php/po/ .

      Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

      IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.