Academic burnout, a significant negative predictor of academic performance, appears to be increasing. We examine antecedents of academic burnout among accounting majors -- cognitive test anxiety, maladaptive perfectionism, and self-compassion. Based on a survey of 159 accounting majors across three years, we find that more than 85% of accounting…

Numerous stressors, such as test anxiety, imposter phenomenon, and perfectionism. The association between the imposter phenomenon and perfectionism is well-studied, but test anxiety as a mediator of this association is not examined. The present study aimed to explore the mediating role of test anxiety on the imposter phenomenon and perfectionism…

The imposter phenomenon is characterized as difficulty internalizing success due to feelings of inauthenticity or phoniness despite contrary evidence of competence. Academically talented students in undergraduate honors programs could be more vulnerable to the imposter phenomenon as compared with other undergraduates because of experiences…

Foreign language anxiety is an important research topic in the field of foreign language education and speaking is accepted as the most anxiety-provoking language skill. Therefore, present study aims at investigating the extent that perceived feelings of perfectionism and self-compassion of undergraduate students affect their speaking anxiety. For…

In today's academic environment, there is a tenacious effort to better educate our children. Unfortunately, federal and local budget constraints often limit our ability to create highly effective learning environments. As educators, it becomes our task to identify cost effective activities that will have a positive impact on our student's…

In the current article, we describe the development and validation of a self-report measure of self-generated stress and its associations with measures of perfectionism, self-criticism, and distress. The Self-Generated Stress Scale is a seven-item inventory that taps the tendency to see oneself as someone who generates and adds to existing…

This study had 2 primary aims: (a) to examine the unique relations between maladaptive and adaptive dimensions of perfectionism and bulimic symptoms and (b) to test an interactive model of perfectionism and perceived weight status for bulimic symptoms in a sample of African American female undergraduates. The sample consisted of 97 women at Time 1…

Perfectionism scores of 600 students identified as academically talented and 418 peers from the general cohort of sixth graders, all from similar socioeconomic backgrounds, were compared using the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale. Findings indicated little intergroup difference in mean scores or in the frequency of perfectionistic types. (DB)

Comparison of 90 Honors College students and 95 more typical peers on the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale found that the honors students scored significantly higher, with a moderate effect size, on the subscales of Concern over Mistakes, Personal Standards, Parental Expectations, and the total score of overall perfectionism. (Author/DB)