Predicting Procrastination: The Role of Academic Achievement, Self-efficacy and Perfectionism
International Journal of Educational Psychology, 2019 The aim of this study was to examine the relations of academic achievement, self-efficacy, and perfectionism with procrastination in University students, and to examine whether procrastination can be predicted by academic achievement, self-efficacy, and
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Are perfectionistic strivings in sport adaptive? A systematic review of confirmatory, contradictory, and mixed evidence [PDF]
, 2012 A controversial issue in sport perfectionism research concerns the degree to which athletes’ perfectionistic tendencies are adaptive or maladaptive.
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The 2 x 2 model of perfectionism: A critical comment and some suggestions [PDF]
, 2012 The 2 x 2 model of perfectionism (Gaudreau & Thompson, 2010) is an important, timely, and welcome addition to the debate on the adaptiveness versus maladaptiveness of perfectionism.
Stoeber, Joachim
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The assessment of self-oriented and socially prescribed perfectionism: Subscales make a difference [PDF]
, 2010 Campbell and Di Paula (2002) suggested differentiating Perfectionistic Striving and Importance of Being Perfect subscales when measuring self-oriented perfectionism, and Others’ High Standards and Conditional Acceptance subscales when measuring socially ...
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Local Search and the Evolution of World Models
Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract An open question regarding how people develop their models of the world is how new candidates are generated for consideration out of infinitely many possibilities. We discuss the role that evolutionary mechanisms play in this process. Specifically, we argue that when it comes to developing a global world model, innovation is necessarily ...
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Perfectionism and competitive anxiety in athletes: Differentiating striving for perfection and negative reactions to imperfection [PDF]
, 2007 Whereas some researchers have argued that perfectionism in sports is maladaptive because it is related to dysfunctional characteristics Such as higher competitive anxiety, the present article argues that striving for perfection is not maladaptive and is ...
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Perfectionism in employees: Work engagement, workaholism, and burnout [PDF]
, 2015 Perfectionism is a prevalent personality disposition that may affect all domains of life. Work is an important domain of life for many people. Yet, research on perfectionism at work and how perfectionism affects employees’ health and well-being is still ...
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Positive conceptions of perfectionism: Approaches, evidence, challenges. [PDF]
, 2006 Almost 30 years ago, Hamachek (1978) suggested that 2 forms of perfectionism be distinguished, a positive form labeled "normal perfectionism" and a negative form labeled "neurotic perfectionism." Focusing on the positive, we present an overview of the ...
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The Physical Appearance Perfectionism Scale: Development and preliminary validation [PDF]
, 2011 Eight studies with data from 2316 students are presented describing the development and preliminary validation of the Physical Appearance Perfectionism Scale (PAPS), a brief measure with two subscales: Worry About Imperfection and Hope For Perfection ...
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Perfectionism cognitions are multidimensional: A reply to Flett and Hewitt (2014) [PDF]
, 2014 We reply to Flett and Hewitt’s (2014) commentary on our findings (Stoeber, Kobori, & Brown, 2014) focusing on the multidimensionality of the Perfectionism Cognitions Inventory (PCI) and the question of whether the Multidimensional Perfectionism ...
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