Child perfectionism: differences across sex and age

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Published: Nov 4, 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2017.n1.v3.970
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child perfectionism sex age child and adolescent perfectionism scale primary education

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María Vicent
Universidad de Alicante
M. P. Aparicio Flores
Universidad de Alicante
Cándido J. Inglés
Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche
Mª Isabel Gómez-Núñez
Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia
Aitana Fernández-Sogorb
Universidad de Alicante
David Aparisi-Sierra
Universidad de Alicante

Abstract

 The aim of this study was to analyze the sex and age differences in the levels of child perfectionism, considering the dimensions: Socially Prescribed Perfectionism (SPP), Self-Oriented Perfectionism Criticism (SOP-C) and Self-Oriented Perfectionism Strivings (SOP-S). The sample was composed by 804 Primary Education students from Spain, aged between 8 and 11 years old (Mage = 9.57; SD = 1.12). The Spanish version of the Child and Adolescent Perfectionism Scale was used to assess the perfectionist dimensions. The results of the variance analysis revealed statistically significant differences in favor of males for SOP-C and SOP-S dimensions. However, these differences had no practical relevance because their associated magnitude (d index) were below .20. Similarly, no statistically significant differences were observed across age for perfectionist dimensions. Moreover, a significant interaction effect (sex x age) was not found.

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Vicent, M., Aparicio Flores, M. P., Inglés, C. J., Gómez-Núñez, M. I., Fernández-Sogorb, A., & Aparisi-Sierra, D. (2017). Child perfectionism: differences across sex and age. International Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychology. Revista INFAD De Psicología., 3(1), 15–24. https://doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2017.n1.v3.970
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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2017): MONOGRAPH NO. 2. PSYCHOLOGY TODAY: CHALLENGES, ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERSPECTIVES OF THE FUTURE. CHILD PSYCHOLOGY.
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