Типология на перфекционизма
Typology of perfectionism

Summary/Abstract: The study investigates the typology of perfectionism based on the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (Frost et al., 1990) in a sample of Bulgarian students. Clustering procedures yield two clusters of students interpreted as nonperfectionist and maladaptive perfectionists. Maladaptive perfectionist have high score on subscales “Concern over Mistakes”, “Parental Expectations and Criticism”, “Doubt about Actions”, “Personal Standards” and in lesser extent on “Organization”. Nonperfectionists have low scores on all five dimensions. The results also indicates, that maladaptive perfectionists show significantly higher levels of achievement motivation, anxiety and depression than nonperfectionists. Future directions for researches and the promotion of positive perfectionism are discussed.

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