Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between Socially Prescribed Perfectionism (SPP) and the Big Five personality traits in a sample of 804 Primary School students between 8 and 11 years old (M=9.57; SD=1.12). The SPP subscale of the Child and Adolescent Perfectionism Scale (CAPS) and the Big Five Questionnaire for Children (BFQ-N), which evaluate the traits of Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness, were used. The mean difference analysis showed that students with high levels of SPP scored significantly higher on Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, Extraversion and Openness, with small effect sizes for all cases. In contrast, no significant differences were observed in Neuroticism. Logistic regression analysis revealed that all personality traits, except neuroticism, whose results didn’t reach the statistical significance, significantly and positively predicted higher scores on PSP, with OR levels ranging from 1.01 (for Conscientiousness and Agreeableness) to 1.03 (for Openness and Extraversion).
Highlights
The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between Socially Prescribed Perfectionism (SPP) and the Big Five personality traits in a sample of 804 Primary School students between 8 and 11 years old (M=9.57; SD=1.12)
The SPP subscale of the Child and Adolescent Perfectionism Scale (CAPS) and the Big Five Questionnaire for Children (BFQ-N), which evaluate the traits of Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness, were used
The mean difference analysis showed that students with high levels of SPP scored significantly higher on Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, Extraversion and Openness, with small effect sizes for all cases
Summary
La producción científica sobre perfeccionismo infantojuvenil no puede compararse en términos de productividad y logro, ni cuantitativa ni cualitativamente, con los estudios llevados a cabo en adultos (Morris y Lomax, 2014). Es conveniente mencionar que otros autores han aportado datos sobre la relación entre el PSP y algunos de los cinco grandes rasgos sin evaluarlos todos conjuntamente, especialmente con el Neuroticismo, como es el caso de Brannan y Petrie (2008), Enns, Cox, y Clara, (2005), Miquelon, Vallevrand, Grouzed, y Cardinal (2005) y Sherry y Hall (2009), cuyos resultados del análisis de correlaciones reveló una relación positiva y significativa entre ambos constructos, habiéndose realizado todos estos trabajos con población norteamericana adulta y/o universitaria. Esta finalidad se concreta en los siguientes objetivos: (a) analizar si los alumnos con altos niveles de PSP difieren de sus iguales con bajos niveles de PSP en las puntuaciones medias en: Neuroticismo, Extraversión, Apertura a la experiencia, Cordialidad y Conciencia; y (b), examinar la capacidad predictiva de los cinco grandes rasgos de la personalidad sobre las altas puntuaciones en PSP.
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