Abstract
Perfectionism is considered to be an important personality factor within the dance context given the high number of dancers whose psychological health is influenced by its consequences. The relationship between perfectionism and dancers’ well- and ill-being can be mediated by a range of variables. The present study explores the role of forms of motivation (i.e., autonomous motivation, controlled motivation and amotivation) as mediators in the relationship between perfectionism (i.e., self-oriented and socially prescribed) and an indicator of well-being (i.e., subjective vitality) and ill-being (i.e., burnout). Participants of the study were 146 male and female Spanish vocational dancers aged between 12 and 26 years old (Mean age = 15.40 ± 2.96) who completed questionnaires measuring the variables of interest. Results of multiple mediator regression analyses showed that amotivation mediated the relationships between self-oriented and socially prescribed perfectionism with burnout and subjective vitality. Self-oriented perfectionism was negatively correlated, and socially prescribed perfectionism positively associated with amotivation. Amotivation of dancers was a positive predictor of burnout and a negative predictor of subjective vitality. Overall, the findings corroborate the importance of amotivation in the relationship between perfectionism dimensions and well-being and ill-being in dancers.
Highlights
Since some dancers are in constant pursuit of perfection, the dance domain is an ideal forum for the study of perfectionism [1]
The findings reported by Eusanio et al revealed that dancers’ socially prescribed perfectionism scores were positively associated with feelings of shame and negatively associated with self-concept
The results showed that dancers with pure personal standards perfectionism reported higher intrinsic motivation than dancers with pure evaluative concerns perfectionism, but the dancers with mixed perfectionism did not exhibit higher levels of intrinsic motivation than either pure evaluative concerns perfectionism or pure personal standards perfectionism dancers
Summary
Since some dancers are in constant pursuit of perfection, the dance domain is an ideal forum for the study of perfectionism [1]. Facing conflicting perspectives on whether dance perfectionism favors or hinders dancers’ optimal functioning, there is research interest whether this personality disposition in the discipline of dance may produce well- or ill-being, or both, in the most committed dancers [4,5]. It is widely accepted that perfectionism is a multidimensional personality characteristic. Multiple conceptual models have been developed to guide the research on perfectionism [6,7,8], with one of the most popular models originally proposed by Hewitt and Flett [7]. Hewitt and Flett [7] proposed that perfectionism encompasses intraindividual and interpersonal components of perfectionism
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