Higher education practitioners and researchers in the STEM field continue seeking ways to effectively identify and understand student challenges as part of an effort to support student success, retention, and persistence. These efforts have led researchers to explore non-cognitive personality factors such as perfectionism as a way of understanding…

The purpose of this study was to try and further understanding of the relationship between perfectionism and performance, especially among an athlete population. Specifically, the aim of this study was to understand the relationship between a college baseball player's levels of perfectionism and general state of mental health, and their…

Interpersonal skills and perfectionistic tendencies of gifted adolescents may influence psychological health and future professional success. In order to better understand these variables, we must have accurate and valid measures first. This study attempted development and validation of measures of interpersonal skills and perfectionistic…

Recently, researchers have given increasing attention to perfectionism, describing it as "striving for flawlessness" (Flett & Hewitt, 2002, p.5), while also investigating the negative correlates and consequences of perfectionism. Over the years, several studies have been directed toward international students matriculating in the…

This study examined the relationship between perfectionism, anxiety (i.e., emotional state anxiety, personality trait anxiety, inhibitory anxiety, prospective anxiety, sensitivity to reward, sensitivity to punishment), parenting styles (i.e., authoritative, authoritarian, permissive), GPA (measured by self-report responses), and SES (measured as…

Previous research has identified a link between perfectionism and social adjustment; however the relationship between perfectionism and social connectedness has not been directly explored. The present study was designed to examine the relationship between specific dimensions of perfectionism and their association with social connectedness.…

Over 1000 colleges and universities in the United States have established honors programs to attract and serve high-achieving students. These students must decide whether participation in an honors program is compatible with the goals they have for their college educations, and not all will choose to join. Very little research has investigated the…