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Family Patterns of Perfectionism: An Examination of College Students and Their Parents

Family Patterns of Perfectionism: An Examination of College Students and Their Parents We examined patterns of perfectionism among college students and their biological parents in a sample of 188 undergraduates from intact families. Ratings (self vs. other) showed the greatest degree of convergence when daughters were either the target or the rater. Levels of self-oriented perfectionism in students were positively associated with the levels characterizing the same-sex parent, but unrelated (father-daughter) or negatively related (mother-son) to the levels characterizing the opposite-sex parent. Finally, parents' other-oriented perfectionism was not significantly related to students' socially prescribed perfectionism. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Personality Assessment Taylor & Francis

Family Patterns of Perfectionism: An Examination of College Students and Their Parents

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Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Copyright
Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
ISSN
1532-7752
eISSN
0022-3891
DOI
10.1207/s15327752jpa7201_3
pmid
10205870
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Abstract

We examined patterns of perfectionism among college students and their biological parents in a sample of 188 undergraduates from intact families. Ratings (self vs. other) showed the greatest degree of convergence when daughters were either the target or the rater. Levels of self-oriented perfectionism in students were positively associated with the levels characterizing the same-sex parent, but unrelated (father-daughter) or negatively related (mother-son) to the levels characterizing the opposite-sex parent. Finally, parents' other-oriented perfectionism was not significantly related to students' socially prescribed perfectionism.

Journal

Journal of Personality AssessmentTaylor & Francis

Published: Feb 1, 1999

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