Perfectionism and academic hardiness: a correlational study with students of the UNIMET
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perfectionism, academic hardiness, university studentsAbstract
The objective of this research was to analyze the relationship of perfectionism, as personality trait and in educational setting, with academic hardiness in university students. It was a non-experimental study, with a correlational-comparative and cross-sectional design. Two hundred seventy-three students (Mage = 20.6 ± 2.53) of the Metropolitan University (Caracas-Venezuela) participated. They all voluntarily answered three self-report instruments. Moderate levels of perfectionism and hardiness were found. Various differences are reported in the variables studied according to sex, quarterly period, level of preparation when entering university and scholarships received by students. In general, hardiness was positively associated with perfectionism and its adaptive dimensions, while it did not show relationships with its more maladaptive dimensions. This result supports the idea that perfectionism does not include only undesirable aspects, which is discussed within the framework of the negative view that has prevailed on perfectionism.
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