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ERIC Number: EJ854975
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-May
Pages: 8
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 33
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1443-1475
Perfectionism and the Gifted: A Study of an Australian School Sample
Kornblum, Michelle; Ainley, Mary
International Education Journal, v6 n2 p232-239 May 2005
The quest for perfection has been anecdotally associated with great achievement and despair; with adjustment and maladjustment. No population has more frequently been associated with perfectionism than the gifted. This study was designed to (i) identify the types of perfectionism observed in a sample of Australian school students, and (ii) to examine where gifted students fitted in the profiles of perfectionism. (Contains 3 tables and 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Adjustment (to Environment), Depression (Psychology), Foreign Countries, Student Characteristics, Student Adjustment, Psychological Patterns, Expectation, Grade 6, Grade 8, Grade 11, Student Participation, Scores, Interaction, Gender Differences, Age Differences, Profiles
Shannon Research Press. Available from: Australian and New Zealand Comparative and International Education Society. ANZCIES Secretariat, Curtin University, Box U1987, Perth, WA Australia. Tel: +61-8-9266-7106; Fax: +61-8-9266-3222; e-mail: editor@iejcomparative.org; Web site: http://www.iejcomparative.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 11; Grade 6; Grade 8
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Australia; Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale