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Students' perfectionistic profiles: Stability, change, and associations with achievement goal orientations
Authors: Jenny Ståhlberg, Heta Tuominen, Antti‐Tuomas Pulkka, Markku Niemivirta
Publisher: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc.
Publication year: 2020
Journal: Psychology in the Schools
Journal name in source: PSYCHOLOGY IN THE SCHOOLS
Journal acronym: PSYCHOL SCHOOLS
Volume: 58
Issue: 1
Number of pages: 23
ISSN: 0033-3085
eISSN: 1520-6807
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.22444
Web address : https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pits.22444
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/50026968
In this study, we examined what kind of perfectionistic profiles (i.e., different patterns of perfectionistic strivings and concerns) can be identified among general upper-secondary school students, how stable those profiles are over the school year, and how they are connected with students' motivation (i.e., achievement goal orientations). Four distinct profiles were identified. Students with high strivings and low concerns had their focus mainly on mastery, while students with an opposite profile emphasized performance-avoidance and work-avoidance orientations. Students with high strivings and concerns favored both performance- and mastery-related goals, whereas students characterized by low strivings and low concerns did not display a dominant tendency toward any orientation. Perfectionistic profiles were relatively stable over time, with the majority of students reporting similar tendencies across the measurements, and with no extreme changes observed. Some indications of more students displaying less adaptive perfectionistic tendencies by the end of the school year were nevertheless found. Our findings demonstrate not only stability in perfectionistic tendencies, but also their motivational relevance in the academic context where students' goals and performance concerns play an important role.
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