Abstract
Introduction. The attention to the study of perfectionism in universities in Ukraine can be explained with modernization and development of Ukrainian higher education, as an access to the European educational research environment. The interest to the perfectionism in teaching staff of university can be explained by new requirements for professional activity and these factors demand from a teacher of higher school can be an achievement of new standards, obtaining successfully by focusing on avoiding failures. The study is conducted within the pedagogy field. Aim. In this article, the author identifies and analyzes the impact of social-demographic factors (such as age, gender, place of residence), organizational and professional factors (such as job experience, academic degree, post, direction of teaching activity, number of students, university status, level of social-psychological climate etc.) on the manifestations of perfectionism. Results. The four manifestations of perfectionism, which are: Absence of perfectionism (where normal and pathological perfectionism are represented at a low level); Perfectionism with negative orientation (consists of the respondents with pathological type of perfectionism); Ambivalent perfectionism (included the respondents in which the pathological and normal types of perfectionism are equally highly represented); Perfectionism with positive orientation (consists of the respondents with manifestations of normal type of perfectionism). Conclusions. The findings of this investigation show the impact of social-demographic, organizational and professional factors on the manifestations of perfectionism.
Highlights
Perfectionism of personality has been receiving attention in psychology for many years
It was found that the number of teachers with absence of perfectionism and teachers with perfectionism with negative orientation is increasing with the growing number of students
The findings of this investigation show the impact of social-demographic factors on the manifestations of perfectionism: the number of teachers with absence of perfectionism or ambivalent perfectionism is increasing with age; the number of teachers with perfectionism with negative orientation in the regions is higher than in the center, on the other hand the number of teachers with perfectionism with a positive orientation in the center are higher than in regions
Summary
Perfectionism of personality has been receiving attention in psychology for many years Such interest to this concept can be explain by an increasing speed of life, a social development, a growing competition, a cult of rationality and a pursuit of excellence. These factors demand an aspiration of the personality towards self-improvement, a faultlessness in everything, an achievement of new heights and setting high performance standards. New requirements & standards for professional activity arise before lecturers and professors, so these factors demand from university teaching staff an achievement of new heights, a desire to be the best, obtaining success by focusing on avoiding failure
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