The relationships among perfectionism, self criticism and identity styles in Turkish university students

Ongen D. E.

2nd World Conference on Psychology, Counselling and Guidance (WCPCG), Antalya, Türkiye, 25 - 29 Mayıs 2011, cilt.30 identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Cilt numarası: 30
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.10.110
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Antalya
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Türkiye
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Adolescence, identity styles, self-criticism, adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The purpose of this research was to study the relationships among two dysfunctional forms of negative self-evaluation (comparative self-criticism and internalized self-criticism), adaptive perfectionism (high standards and orderliness), maladaptive perfectionism (discrepancy) and identity styles of first year university students. 196 university students completed The Levels of Self-Criticism (LOSC, Thompson and Zuroff, 2002).), the Almost Perfect Scale-Revised (APS-R; Slaney et al., 2001) and the revised Identity Style Inventory (ISI-3; Berzonsky, 1992). Expectedly, regression analyses showed that information-orientation identity style was positively predicted by high standards and internalized self-criticism. Normative-orientation identity style was positively predicted by order but unexpectedly, it was also predicted positively by high standards. Diffuse-avoidant identity style was negatively predicted by order and it was positively predicted by comparative self-criticism. In line with expectations, commitment was positively predicted by high standards and it was negatively predicted by discrepancy. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of the 2nd World Conference on Psychology, Counselling and guidance.