The purpose of this study was to investigate the perfectionism and interpersonal relations propensity of children from the viewpoint of multidimensional perfectionism so as to make adaptable to their interpersonal relations.
The subjects of this stud...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the perfectionism and interpersonal relations propensity of children from the viewpoint of multidimensional perfectionism so as to make adaptable to their interpersonal relations.
The subjects of this study were 480 children in 6th grade of elementary school in Seoul.
The measuring instrument used for study were Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale by Hewitt and Flett(1991) and Interpersonal Relations Propensity Inventory by An Beom Hui( 1984).
The collected data was analyzed by SPSS WIN 11.0 statistical program. The frequency and percentage were calculated to investigate the demographic background. And for the each research problem, t-test and regression analysis method were used.
The major results of this study were as follows.
First, in the research of the gender gap of perfectionism and interpersonal relations propensity, about perfectionism male perceived higher self-oriented perfectionism than female, and about interpersonal relations propensity female perceived higher sociability-friendliness propensity and exhibitionistic-narcissistic propensity than male, and male perceived higher rebellious-distrustful propensity than female.
Second, in the relationship between perfectionism and interpersonal relations propensity, self-oriented perfectionism had influence on dominant-superior propensity, independent-responsible propensity, sympathic-acceptable propensity, sociability-friendliness propensity, competition-aggressiveness propensity, and exhibitionistic-narcissistic propensity, other-oriented perfectionism had influence on dominant-superior propensity, sympathic-acceptable propensity, and sociability-friendliness propensity, and socially prescribed perfectionism had influence on dominant-superior propensity, sympathic-acceptable propensity, sociability-friendliness propensity, and rebellious-distrustful propensity.
Third, the higher self-oriented perfectionism and other-oriented perfectionism were, the higher dominant-superior propensity, independent-responsible propensity, sympathic-acceptable propensity, sociability-friendliness propensity, competition-aggressiveness propensity, and exhibitionistic-narcissistic propensity were. And the higher socially prescribed perfectionism were, dominant-superior propensity, competition-aggressiveness propensity, exhibitionistic-narcissistic propensity, and rebellious-distrustful propensity.