The purpose of this article was to examine how Perfectionism Tendency (PT) and Negative Consequence (NC) that consist of Perfectionism Questionnaire (PQ) are related to the positive/negative, adaptive/maladaptive tendency in perfectionism, and the mot...
The purpose of this article was to examine how Perfectionism Tendency (PT) and Negative Consequence (NC) that consist of Perfectionism Questionnaire (PQ) are related to the positive/negative, adaptive/maladaptive tendency in perfectionism, and the motivational attribute of perfectionism, in regard to dividing groups in functional/ dysfunctional Perfectionism. First, in order to test the relationship between functional/dysfunctional Perfectionism in PQ and positive/negative and adaptive/maladaptive tendency in perfectionism, the correlational analysis was performed to explore how ‘self-oriented perfectionism’, as a ‘positive striving need factor’, and ‘socially prescribed perfectionism’, as a ‘maladaptive evaluation need factor’, are related to Perfectionism Tendency and Negative Consequence. For this, Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale(Hewitt and Flett, 1991), which measured positive/ negative and adaptive/maladaptive tendency in perfectionism, was used. Second, it was analyzed that the effect of Perfectionism Tendency and Negative Consequence on the achievement goal, for the purpose of probing the relationship between functional/dysfunctional perfectionism and the motivational attribute of perfectionism. As a result, Perfectionism Tendency (PT) had a positive and significant correlation with the ‘self-oriented perfectionism’, which is a positive and adaptive tendency in perfectionism. And, PT showed a positive correlation and power significantly with the positive approach orientation, which is a motivational attribute perfectionism. And, Negative Consequence (NC) had positive and significant correlations with both the ‘socially prescribed perfectionism’, as a negative and maladaptive tendency in perfectionism, and the ‘self-oriented perfectionism’, as a positive and adaptive tendency in perfectionism. In addition, NC showed a positive correlation and coefficient significantly with the negative avoidance-oriented achievement goal and positive approach-oriented achievement goal that are the motivational attribute of Perfectionism. From these results, the implications and limitations were discussed on the method of dividing groups of functional/dysfunctional Perfectionism in Perfectionism Questionnaire.