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.
Highlights
The issue of perfectionism is currently quite a frequent topic especially abroad, but in Slovakia this phenomenon is still a rather new and unexplored topic
For determining perfectionism as a phenomenon which can act in both a positive or negative way on the individual or not act at all, we found the inspiration in the research of typology of perfectionists made by Parker (1997), which was the first to identify functional and dysfunctional perfectionists and nonperfeccionists (Codd, 2010)
In an Australian study with high school students (Hawkins, 2005), the results showed that both clusters of functional and dysfunctional perfectionists had the highest Personal Standards (PS) scores (Personal standards), to the Hawkins et al (2006) study
Summary
The issue of perfectionism is currently quite a frequent topic especially abroad, but in Slovakia this phenomenon is still a rather new and unexplored topic. For determining perfectionism as a phenomenon which can act in both a positive or negative way on the individual or not act at all, we found the inspiration in the research of typology of perfectionists made by Parker (1997), which was the first to identify functional and dysfunctional perfectionists and nonperfeccionists (Codd, 2010). These findings became the basis for our research in which we decided to verify the possibility of identifying the typology of perfectionists among psychology students. In the context of the typology itself, our research may be included in typological procedures because, based on previous findings of Parker (1997), which will serve as a comparative model, we will try to identify and analyse individual types of perfectionists (Parker, 1997; Stoeber & Stroeber, 2009)
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