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Psychological characteristics of perfectionism in youth
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Department of Psychology, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce [Wydział Pedagogiki i Psychologii, Uniwersytet Jana Kochanowskiego w Kielcach], Krakowska 11, 25-029 Kielce, Poland
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Department of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Rehabilitation, 1st Faculty of Medicine with Dentistry Division, Medical University of Lublin [Klinika Psychiatrii i Rehabilitacji Psychiatrycznej, I Wydział Lekarsko – Dentystyczny, Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lublinie], Gluska 1 (SPSK No 1), 20-439 Lublin, Poland
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Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce [Wydział Lekarski i Nauk o Zdrowiu, Uniwersytet Jana Kochanowskiego w Kielcach], Aleja IX Wieków Kielc 19A, 25-317 Kielce, Poland
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Syntonia Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic [Przychodnia Syntonia], Podgórska 20, 25-103 Kielce, Poland
Submission date: 2021-09-07
Final revision date: 2021-12-06
Acceptance date: 2021-12-06
Publication date: 2021-12-22
Corresponding author
Justyna Świerczyńska
Wydział Pedagogiki i Psychologii, Uniwersytet Jana Kochanowskiego w Kielcach, Krakowska 11, 25-029 Kielce, Polska
Wydział Pedagogiki i Psychologii, Uniwersytet Jana Kochanowskiego w Kielcach, Krakowska 11, 25-029 Kielce, Polska
Beata Pawłowska
Klinika Psychiatrii i Rehabilitacji Psychiatrycznej, I Wydział Lekarsko – Dentystyczny, Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lublinie, Głuska 1 (SPSK Nr 1), 20-439 Lublin, Polska
Klinika Psychiatrii i Rehabilitacji Psychiatrycznej, I Wydział Lekarsko – Dentystyczny, Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lublinie, Głuska 1 (SPSK Nr 1), 20-439 Lublin, Polska
Wychowanie w Rodzinie 2021;24(1):285-299
KEYWORDS
ABSTRACT
Aim. The aim of the work was to compare the intensity of perfectionism in the study subjects,
considering their division by sex, place of residence and family structure. The study
included a group of 345 persons (198 girls and 147 boys) aged 12–16 years.
Methods. The Frost Multidimensional Questionnaire for Testing Perfectionism (FMPS),
translated and developed by Tucholska and a sociodemographic survey by Justyna Świerczyńska
were used in the work.
Results and conclusions. The obtained results prove the presence of significant differences
in terms of the intensity of perfectionism and its dimensions among the studied girls
and boys, people living in the city and in the countryside, and growing up in complete and
single-parent families. Significant correlations were also shown between the subjects’ perfectionism
and their age, school performance and the level of parents’ education. The obtained
results indicate that boys display a higher level of perfectionism than girls. Neurotic
perfectionism is associated with the older age of the studied girls. Adaptive perfectionism
is associated with living in the city, being brought up in a complete family, higher education
of parents, higher grade point average and positive assessment of oneself as a student.
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