Shahrookh Khani, Hasan Abdi and Delaram Nokhbezare
The purpose of this research was to distinguish between adaptive andmaladaptive perfectionists based on academic self-efficacy.The sample consisted of 247 students who were selected from basic sciences, humanities, paramedics, and engineering faculties of Arsanjan Branch of IAU using cluster sampling. The instrumentswere a researchermade questionnaire (which included the scales of life satisfaction, academic satisfaction, and academic goal setting), the Multidimensional PerfectionismScale of Hewitt and Flett (1991), and the academic self-efficacy of Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) by Pintrich et al. (1991).Factor analysis was applied to examine the validity of the questionnaires and Cronbach's alpha was used to determine their reliability, which suggested the validity and reliability of the questionnaires. One-way ANOVA, multivariate ANOVA, and Tukey's test were used to examine the differences between adaptive perfectionists, maladaptive perfectionists (Type A and B), and non-perfectionists. The results indicated significant differences between these groups in self-efficacy.
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