Impact of Perfectionism on Self-Efficacy and Academic Achievement among Young Adults: Moderating Role of Social Support
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Perfectionism, Self-efficacy, Academic Achievement, Young Adults, Gender DifferencesAbstract
The current research paper has investigated the connection between perfectionism, self-efficacy, and academic performance in young adults. Positive and negative aspects of perfectionism were taken into consideration to investigate the different effects they have on the psychological resources and performance of students. The study design was a quantitative, cross-sectional study, and the data were gathered using a sample of young adults which comprised of standardized self-report measure of perfectionism and self-efficacy and academic achievement was measured using cumulative grades. The hypotheses were tested by use of descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, regression and independent sample t-tests. Findings showed that positive perfectionism had a strong correlation with the self-efficacy and academic performance, and negative perfectionism had an inverse relationship with these variables. Moreover, self-efficacy partially mediated the correlation between perfectionism and academic performance, which is essential to indicate the significance of self-efficacy in the transformation of perfectionistic dispositions into performance results. There were also gender variations whereby females scored higher in negative perfectionism and had a relatively lower academic self-efficacy compared to males. These results imply that the academic performance of young adults can be enhanced by means of interventions that enhance self-efficacy and adaptive perfectionistic characteristics. The research paper adds to the literature on perfectionism in the academic world and supports the significance of psychological strengths in academic success.
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