The Mediating Role of Achievement Goals Orientation in the Relationship between Perfectionism and Academic Performance

Subject Areas : Educational Psychology

Reza Abdi ¹

1 - استادیار گروه روانشناسی. دانشگاه شهید مدنی آذربایجان.تبریز. ایران

Received: 2016-07-20 Accepted : 2017-03-13 Published : 2017-12-22

Keywords: perfectionism, achievement goals, Academic Performance,

Abstract :

The aim of the present research was to examine the relationship between perfectionism and academic performance and the mediating role of achievement goal orientation in this regard among students. To this purpose, 240 students from Shahid Madani University were selected by cluster sampling and completed the instruments, among whom six were excluded because of their incomplete questionnaires and the ultimate analysis were done on 234. The instruments were Hill Perfectionism Scale and Achievement Goal Questionnaire. The results showed that the positive perfectionism has a strong effect on Master-Approach, Performance-Approach and Performance-Avoidance orientations and negative perfectionism has an effect on Performance-Approach and Performance-Avoidance orientation. Also, it was found that positive perfectionism has an effect on academic performance. The other findings showed that Master-Avoidance and Performance-Avoidance orientations have a negative effect on academic Performance. Finally, the results showed that Performance-Avoidance orientation has a mediating role in the relationship between positive perfectionism and academic performance and in the relationship between negative perfectionism and academic performance.

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Weiner, B. A., & Carton, J. S. (2012). Avoidant coping: A mediator of maladaptive perfectionism and test anxiety. Journal of Personality and Individual Differences, 52, 632-636.

Wiener, B. (2006). An attribution theory of Achievement motivation and emotion. Psychological review, 92 (4), 548-573.