An investigation of perfectionism, mental health, achievement and achievement motivation in adolescents

Citation
Db. Accordino et al., An investigation of perfectionism, mental health, achievement and achievement motivation in adolescents, PSYCHOL SCH, 37(6), 2000, pp. 535-545
Citations number
52
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology
Journal title
PSYCHOLOGY IN THE SCHOOLS
ISSN journal
00333085 → ACNP
Volume
37
Issue
6
Year of publication
2000
Pages
535 - 545
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-3085(200011)37:6<535:AIOPMH>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
This study examined the relationship of perfectionism with measures of achi evement and achievement motivation and mental health aspects of depression and self-esteem in high school students. Participants were 123 tenth- throu gh twelfth-grade students. Results of multiple regression analyses indicate d that students' personal standards were significant predictors of academic achievement. Students' personal standards also significantly predicted ach ievement motivation. Analyses of the relationship between perfectionism and depression and self-esteem found that as students' personal standards incr eased, their levels of depression decreased and self-esteem increased. Furt hermore, when students experienced a discrepancy between their personal sta ndards and actual performance, their depression levels increased and self-e steem decreased. (C) 2000 John Wiley gr Sons, Inc.