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Direct linkRinn, Anne N.; Soles, Kathryn L.; Ferguson, Sarah; Smith, Kendal N. – High Ability Studies, 2020
The purpose of this study was to examine the psychological constructs of personality, academic self-concept, and perfectionism using latent profile analysis in order to explore the notion of an undergraduate honors student typology. A sample (N = 357) of average ability and high ability undergraduates completed measures of personality, academic…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Personality Traits, Psychological Patterns, Academic Achievement
Peer reviewedParker, Wayne D. – American Educational Research Journal, 1997
A national sample of 820 academically talented children took the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale. Cluster analyses of scores found a three-cluster solution. Further analyses indicated that these clusters were: nonperfectionistic (32.%), healthy perfectionistic (41.7%), and dysfunctional perfectionistic (25.5%). The construct of perfectionism…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Children, Classification, Cluster Analysis
Peer reviewedParker, Wayne D.; Mills, Carol J. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1996
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)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Grade 6, Incidence, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedSiegle, Del; Schuler, Patricia A. – Roeper Review, 2000
Analysis of scores of 391 gifted students (grades 6-8) on the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale found females expressed more concern than males about organization, while males reported stronger parental expectations. First born children reported higher parental criticism and expectations than youngest children. Females' concerns about making…
Descriptors: Birth Order, Gifted, Intermediate Grades, Middle Schools
Download full textKornblum, Michelle; Ainley, Mary – International Education Journal, 2005
The quest for perfection has been anecdotally associated with great achievement and despair; with adjustment and maladjustment. No population has more frequently been associated with perfectionism than the gifted. This study was designed to (i) identify the types of perfectionism observed in a sample of Australian school students, and (ii) to…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Adjustment (to Environment), Depression (Psychology), Foreign Countries
