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EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CHARACTERISTICS OF PERFECTIONISM AND THE INFERIORITY FEELING AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Year 2023, Volume: 11 Issue: 1, 185 - 204, 30.06.2023

Muhammed Bahtiyar Zeynep Deniz Yöndem

https://doi.org/10.52122/nisantasisbd.1165422

Abstract

The main purpose of the study is to investigate the relationship between the characteristics of perfectionism and the inferiority feeling among university students. In the study, correlational and descriptive survey models among the quantitative research methods are applied. Participants include 672 university students (with 485 females and 187 males) whose average age is 21 years. As data collection tools, the Frost Multi-Dimensional Perfectionism Scale, the Inferiority Feeling Scale, and the Personal-Demographic Information Form are used. Data are analyzed through the Pearson Correlation Coefficient Test and Stepwise Multiple Regression Analysis to examine the relationship between the characteristics of perfectionism and the inferiority feeling. Results show that there is a positive and moderate-level relationship between university students’ characteristics of perfectionism and inferiority feeling and that the inferiority feeling positively predicts the characteristics of perfectionism.

Keywords

University students perfectionism inferiority feeling

References

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  • Hamachek, D. E. (1978). Psychodynamics of normal and neurotic perfectionism. Psychology, 15(1), 27-33.
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  • Stoeber, J. (Ed.) (2018). The psychology of perfectionism: Theory, research, applications. Routledge.
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  • Sullivan, J. M., & Bratton, S. C. (2016). The courage to be imperfect: A boy’s journey toward becoming a child. Journal of Individual Psychology, 72, 273-289.
  • Taylor, E. P., Couper, R., & Butler, C. M. (2017). Adolescent perfectionism: Structural features of the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale and correlates with attachment and psychopathology. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 90(4), 686-704. https://doi.org/10.1111/papt.12133
  • Uzel, B., Dönmez, D., & Otrar, M. (2018). Orta ergenlik dönemindeki öğrencilerin benlik algılarının mükemmeliyetçilik düzeylerini yordama gücü. Humanıtas - Uluslararası Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 6(12), 235-254. https://doi.org/10.20304/Humanitas.445913
  • WHO (2001). Mental health: new understanding, new hope. The World Health Report. Geneva, World Health Organization

ÜNİVERSİTE ÖĞRENCİLERİNDE MÜKEMMELİYETÇİLİK ÖZELLİKLERİ VE YETERSİZLİK DUYGUSU ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİNİN İNCELENMESİ

Year 2023, Volume: 11 Issue: 1, 185 - 204, 30.06.2023

Muhammed Bahtiyar Zeynep Deniz Yöndem

https://doi.org/10.52122/nisantasisbd.1165422

Abstract

Araştırmanın temel amacı, üniversite öğrencilerinde mükemmeliyetçilik özellikleri ile yetersizlik duygusu arasındaki ilişkiyi incelemektir. Araştırmada nicel araştırma yöntemlerinden ilişkisel ve betimsel tarama modeli kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın örneklemi yaş ortalaması 21 olan 672 üniversite öğrencisinden (485 kadın, 187 erkek) oluşmaktadır. Araştırma, Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimlerde İnsan Araştırmaları Etük Kurulu tarafından alınan etik izin belgesi sonrası yürütülmüştür. Araştırmada veri toplama araçları olarak; Frost Çok Boyutlu Mükemmeliyetçilik Ölçeği, Yetersizlik Duygusu Ölçeği ve Kişisel-Demografik Bilgi Formu kullanılmıştır. Verilerin analizinde mükemmeliyetçilik özellikleri ile yetersizlik duygusu arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesi amacıyla ise Pearson korelasyon testi ve çoklu aşamalı regresyon testi kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın sonucunda üniversite öğrencilerinin mükemmeliyetçilik özellikleri ile yetersizlik duyguları arasında pozitif orta düzey bir ilişki olduğu ve yetersizlik duygusunun mükemmeliyetçilik özelliğinin pozitif bir yordayıcısı olduğu bulunmuştur.

Keywords

Üniversite öğrencileri mükemmeliyetçilik yetersizlik duygusu

References

  • Adler, A. (1929). İnsan doğasını anlamak (Çev. D. Başkaya). İlya Yayınları.
  • Adler, A. (1957). Understanding life. Oneworld Publications.
  • Akdoğan, R., & Ceyhan, E. (2014). Üniversite öğrencileri için yetersizlik duygusu ölçeği’nin geliştirilmesi:. Türk Psikolojik Danışma ve Rehberlik Dergisi, 5(41), 117-128. https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/tpdrd/issue/21461/229954
  • Akdoğan, R. (2017). A model proposal on the relationships between loneliness, insecure attachment, and inferiority feelings. Personality and Individual Differences, 111, 19-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.01.048
  • Ansbacher, H., &Ansbacher, R. (1955). The ındividual psychology of Alfred Adler. Basic Books Publishing.
  • Ashby, J. S., & Kottman, T. (1996). Inferiority as a distinction between normal and neurotic perfectionism. Individual Psychology: Journal of Adlerian Theory, Research & Practice, 52(3), 237–245.
  • Burger, J. M. (2006). Kişilik (Çev. İ. D. Erguvan,). Kaknüs Yayınları.
  • Burns, D. D. (1980). The perfectionist’s script for self-defeat. Psychology Today, 13, 34- 52.
  • Büyüköztürk, Ş. (2013). Sosyal bilimler için veri analizi el kitabı: İstatistik, araştırma deseni, SPSS uygulamaları ve yorum (18th Ed.). Pegem Akademi.
  • Curran, T., & Hill, A. P. (2019). Perfectionism is increasing over time: A meta-analysis of birth cohort differences from 1989 to 2016. Psychological Bulletin, 145(4), 410-429. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000138
  • Çimsir, E. (2019). The roles of dispositional rumination, inferiority feelings and gender in interpersonal rumination experiences of college students. The Journal of General Psychology, 146(3), 217-233. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221309.2018.1553844
  • Dilmaç, B., Aydoğan, D., Koruklu, N., & Deniz, M. E. (2009). The explication of primary school students’ perfectionist properties with ırrational beliefs. İlköğretim Online, 8(3), 720-728.
  • Dunkley, D.M., Zuraff, D.C. ve Blankstein, K.R. (2006). Spesific perfectionism components versus selfcriticism in predicting maladjustment. Personality and Individual Differences, 40, 665-676.
  • Eisenman, R. (1968). Personality and demography in complexity-simplicity. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 32(2), 140-143. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0025484
  • Field, A. P. (2009). Discovering statistics using SPSS: And sex and drugs and rock ‘n’roll (3rd Ed.) SAGE.
  • Frost, R. O., Marten,P., Lahart, C., & Rosenblate, R. (1990). The dimensions of perfectionism. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 14(5), 449-468.
  • Gilman, R., & Ashby, J. (2003). A first study of perfectionism and multidimensional life satisfaction among adolescents. The Journal Of Early Adolescence. 23(2).218-235
  • Goodwin, R. D., & Marusic, A. (2003). Feelings of inferiority and suicide ideation and suicide attempt among youth. Croatian Medical Journal, 44(5), 553–557.
  • Hamachek, D. E. (1978). Psychodynamics of normal and neurotic perfectionism. Psychology, 15(1), 27-33.
  • Hollender, M. H. (1965). Perfectionism. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 6(2), 94–-03. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0010-440X(65)80016-5
  • Ipsos MORI (2014). Global Trends Report. http://www.ipsosglobaltrends.com/environment.html
  • Lamberson, K. A., & Wester, K. L. (2018). Feelings of inferiority: A first attempt to define the construct empirically. The Journal of Individual Psychology, 74(2), 172-187.
  • Mısırlı-Taşdemir, Ö. (2003). Üstün yetenekli çocuklarda mükemmeliyetçilik, sınav kaygısı, benlik saygısı, kontrol odağı, özyeterlilik ve problem çözme becerileri arsındaki ilişkinin incelenmesi (Unpublished Master Thesis) Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, Trabzon.
  • Missildine, W. H. (1963). Your inner child of the past. Simon & Schuster.
  • Montgomery, D., Peck, E., & Vining, G. (2012). Introduction to linear regression analysis. Wiley.
  • Roedell, W. C. (1984). Vulnerabilities of highly gifted children. Roeper Review, 6(3), 127-130.
  • Stoeber, J. (Ed.) (2018). The psychology of perfectionism: Theory, research, applications. Routledge.
  • Strano, D. A., & Petrocelli, J. V. (2005). A preliminary examination of the role of inferiority feelings in the academic achievement of college students. Journal of Individual Psychology, 61(1), 80-89.
  • Sullivan, J. M., & Bratton, S. C. (2016). The courage to be imperfect: A boy’s journey toward becoming a child. Journal of Individual Psychology, 72, 273-289.
  • Taylor, E. P., Couper, R., & Butler, C. M. (2017). Adolescent perfectionism: Structural features of the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale and correlates with attachment and psychopathology. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 90(4), 686-704. https://doi.org/10.1111/papt.12133
  • Uzel, B., Dönmez, D., & Otrar, M. (2018). Orta ergenlik dönemindeki öğrencilerin benlik algılarının mükemmeliyetçilik düzeylerini yordama gücü. Humanıtas - Uluslararası Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 6(12), 235-254. https://doi.org/10.20304/Humanitas.445913
  • WHO (2001). Mental health: new understanding, new hope. The World Health Report. Geneva, World Health Organization
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Primary Language English
Subjects Political Geography
Journal Section Research Article
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Muhammed Bahtiyar 0000-0002-9110-3560

Zeynep Deniz Yöndem 0000-0002-9161-2760

Publication Date June 30, 2023
Published in Issue Year 2023 Volume: 11 Issue: 1

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APA Bahtiyar, M., & Yöndem, Z. D. (2023). EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CHARACTERISTICS OF PERFECTIONISM AND THE INFERIORITY FEELING AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS. Nişantaşı Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 11(1), 185-204. https://doi.org/10.52122/nisantasisbd.1165422
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