Failure Sensitivity in Perfectionism and Procrastination: Fear of Failure and Overgeneralization of Failure as Mediators of Traits and Cognitions

IF 1.5 4区 心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment Pub Date : 2024-05-07 DOI:10.1177/07342829241249784
Lital Yosopov, Donald H. Saklofske, Martin M. Smith, Gordon L. Flett, Paul L. Hewitt
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The current study investigated perfectionism and procrastination from the trait and cognitive perspectives and addressed how they relate to components of a personal orientation toward failure. A sample of 327 undergraduate students completed three perfectionism measures (i.e., Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale, Hewitt–Flett Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale, and Perfectionism Cognitions Inventory), two procrastination measures (i.e., Lay Procrastination Scale and Procrastinatory Cognitions Inventory), and measures of fear of failure and overgeneralizing failure. Correlational analyses showed that the composite trait dimension of perfectionistic concerns and the cognitive dimension of perfectionistic automatic thoughts had modest links with trait procrastination but much stronger links with the cognitive measure of procrastinatory automatic thoughts. All perfectionism and procrastination measures were significantly correlated with fear of failure and overgeneralization of failure. More extensive analyses showed that fear of failure mediated trait and cognitive pathways between perfectionism and procrastination, and the overgeneralization of failure mediated most pathways. Other evidence supported a sequential mediation between perfectionism and procrastination (i.e., fear of failure followed by the overgeneralization of failure). Overall, the results suggest that procrastinating perfectionists have a cognitive hypersensitivity to failure and a potentially debilitating form of perfectionistic reactivity characterized by overgeneralizing failures to the self. The theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
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完美主义和拖延症中的失败敏感性:害怕失败和过度概括失败是特质和认知的媒介
本研究从特质和认知角度对完美主义和拖延症进行了调查,并探讨了它们与个人失败取向的组成部分之间的关系。327名本科生完成了三项完美主义测量(即弗罗斯特多维完美主义量表、休伊特-弗莱特多维完美主义量表和完美主义认知量表)、两项拖延测量(即莱伊拖延量表和拖延认知量表)以及对失败的恐惧和对失败的过度概括测量。相关分析表明,完美主义关注的综合特质维度和完美主义自动想法的认知维度与特质拖延症的联系不大,但与拖延自动想法的认知测量的联系要强得多。所有完美主义和拖延的测量指标都与对失败的恐惧和对失败的过度概括有明显的相关性。更广泛的分析表明,对失败的恐惧介导了完美主义和拖延之间的特质和认知路径,而对失败的过度概括介导了大多数路径。其他证据也支持完美主义与拖延之间的顺序中介作用(即先是对失败的恐惧,然后是对失败的过度概括)。总之,研究结果表明,拖延的完美主义者对失败具有认知上的过敏性,并具有一种潜在的削弱完美主义反应的形式,其特点是将失败过度泛化到自我身上。本文讨论了其理论和实践意义。
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Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment
Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL-
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment (JPA) publishes contemporary and important information focusing on psychological and educational assessment research and evidence-based practices as well as assessment instrumentation. JPA is well known internationally for the quality of published assessment-related research, theory and practice papers, and book and test reviews. The methodologically sound and impiricially-based studies and critical test and book reviews will be of particular interest to all assessment specialists including practicing psychologists, psychoeducational consultants, educational diagnosticians and special educators.
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