Abstract
<p>The present study aimed to examine the relationship of parents’ perfectionism with academic self-regulation and self-control among male high school students in Iranshahr. This descriptive study followed a correlational design. The statistical population included all third grade second period male high school students in Iranshahr and the sample included 140 individuals selected hierarchically among 235 individuals using Morgan’s table. To collect data, the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (1990), the Ryan and Connell Academic Self-Regulation (1989), and the Weinberger and Schwartz Self-Restraint Scale (1990) were applied. The obtained data was analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise regression analysis. The results indicated that parents’ perfectionism, parents’ expectations, and individual standards were significantly and negatively related to academic self-regulation. Among components of perfectionism, parents’ expectations explained 6% of the variance in academic self-regulation. Moreover, parents’ perfectionism and concerns about mistakes, parents’ expectations, and individual standards were significantly and negatively correlated with students’ self-regulation. When explaining self-control via components of parents’ perfectionism, in the first step, individual standards alone explained 19% of the variance in students’ self-control. In the second step, component of concerns about mistakes together with individual standards explained 27% of the variance in students’ academic self-regulation. Additionally, in the third step, component of parents’ expectations along with individual standards and concerns about mistakes explained 32% of the variance in students’ self-control.</p>
Highlights
IntroductionPerfectionism, without a shadow of doubt, is one of the personality traits that can be either constructive, positive and useful or neurotic and negative
Adolescence, as a period full of somatic and mental changes and evolutions, is one of the most important stages of life wherein individuals experience many difficulties in relation to their self-control and self-regulation (Casson & Banner, 2002; as cited in Amidi et al, 2006).Psychosocial, cognitive and biologic changes during adolescence creates numerous evolutionary opportunities for adolescents to be involved in behaviors which are implicitly important in adopting either a healthy or an unhealthy lifestyle (Harris, Duncan, & Boisjoly, 2002).Perfectionism, without a shadow of doubt, is one of the personality traits that can be either constructive, positive and useful or neurotic and negative
The results indicated a negative correlation between individual standards and self-regulation
Summary
Perfectionism, without a shadow of doubt, is one of the personality traits that can be either constructive, positive and useful or neurotic and negative. Even though achieving perfection and actualization of talents and potential latent capabilities is very valuable per se and perfectionism is considered positive, what it has been mentioned of perfectionism is laid on two extremes. Horney (1950) considers perfectionism a lifestyle adopted by individuals to be released from basic anxiety. The concept of perfectionism has attracted widespread attention of psychologists, it is still almost an unknown and incompatible phenomenon. Perfectionism is one of the personality traits that could be both constructive and destructive. Perfectionism, as a psychological concept, has attracted the attention of many psychologists (Horney, 1950)
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