Perfectionism

The relationship between Perfectionism, Procrastination and Academic Performance As said by (Brown, Elissa J; Heimberg, Richard G; Frost, Randy O; Makris, Gregory S et al, 1999), ‘Perfectionism has been defined as a dispositional tendency to set excessively high performance standards and to then evaluate one’s performance in an overly critical manner.’. This investigation looks at two types of perfectionism- Adaptive, and Maladaptive Perfectionism. Adaptive perfectionism is the inclination to set

procrastination, adaptive perfectionism, maladaptive perfectionism and academic performance. Using the PPS and MPS scales hundred and twenty five undergraduate university students filled out digital surveys online in classrooms. There academic performance was measured through a test. Results suggest that procrastination has a negative effect on academic performance, whereas adaptive perfectionism has a positive one. Those who exhibit high levels of adaptive perfectionism exhibit lower levels of procrastination

can claim that people who have eating disorder generally have perfectionist personality. Definitions and Dimensions of Perfectionism Perfectionism is an effort to reach a perfect conditions. It is a multidimensional psychological element that is linked to self-esteem and self-confident. Seeking a perfect situation sometimes can be a reason for success or failure. Perfectionism has both loss and benefits.

themselves is known as perfectionism. The two dimensions of perfectionism are self-oriented perfectionism (SOP) and socially prescribed perfectionism(SPP). SOP is requiring perfection from oneself, while SPP is perceiving that others are requiring perfection of oneself. These two dimensions have been studied together by using a 2x2 model and the subtypes are: non-perfectionism (low SPP and low SOP), pure SPP (high SPP and low SOP), pure SPP (low SPP and high SOP) and mixed perfectionism (high SPP and high

Relationships between Perfectionism and Eating Disorders Perfectionism plays an important role in several psychological disorders including eating disorders. There are lots of studies about perfectionism with Anorexia nervosa. Many authors suggest to study perfectionism from a multidimensional perspective. Perfectionism is defined as the tendency to set and pursue unrealistically high standards despite the occurrence of adverse consequences (as cited in Cassin and von Ranson, 2005). Several authors

difficult situations, it’s all about our confidence and a fear that it won’t go well and we won’t be good enough.” This is something most can relate to because we visualize something going wrong so we won’t do it. Another thing that can be involved is perfectionism, we may not want to attempt something unless we feel sure that we will be great at it. It becomes a vicious cycle, the more we procrastinate the more distressed we are and undermine our own confidence. Procrastination also happens because we

Can You Live Up to Your Own Standards? I toss and turn all night. All I am thinking about is the “if only I had not procrastinated”, but there is no use focusing on that now, it does not help. I think about all the assignments I have put off all semester because my anxiety of failing at something. It’s not like I hadn’t been to class and paid attention, but I worried I would not measure up to my own high standards, so I ignored them. I laid there dreaming that my professor would just disappear.

It’s 1 in the morning, and you’re dozing off in the luxury of your own bed... Mmm... Or-- not. At least in my case. At 1:00am, you’ll most likely find me at a desk, completing some impending assignments that I decided to do last minute. How did I get here? Well, I’m a victim. No, not of terrorism, and surely not of a deadly contagious disease! But- Procrastination. Chances are, you are too. The habit is often looked and now has intervened its way into society- unfortunately. If you think you’re doing

immediate cost and pursue immediate pleasure (T. O’Donoghue & M. Rabin, 1999). The creative and short-term tasks produce a sense of success in a short time and increase self-efficacy, thus encourage students continue working. On the other hand, those tedious and long-term tasks were likely to get aversive but hard to remain committed to, pushing students to other relaxed activities and therefore cause procrastination. So we conclude that lack of timing rewards will increase the aversivenees of tasks

long as possible. This means that they often try to avoid the task all together until completion is absolutely necessary. In doing so, the number of tasks that need to be done increases. However, the time required to complete them does not. Perfectionism can also lead to procrastination. This is because a person is setting a goal for themselves that is unreachable. Whenever these goals are not met, they are a huge source of discouragement even though they couldn’t have been completed in the first