SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS OF THE FORMATION OF PERFECTIONISM
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32782/2311-8458/2023-2-9Keywords:
parenthood, perfectionism, interpersonal relations, familyAbstract
In the article, the author reveals some features of the formation of perfectionism as a personal attribute. Through the analysis of scientific works, the author shows that perfectionism is one of the important characteristics of human behavior that can improve a person. Throughout their lives, people see themselves as perfect for various reasons, either they have tried to be perfect or they look forward to seeing it in others. On the one hand, trying to be perfect provokes the formation of a person's dissatisfaction with himself and brings him down in negative situations, in another sense – it can be a way of personal progress. Based on this, the article reveals different points of view of scientists on this problem. The purpose of this study was to determine the socio-psychological determinants of the formation of perfectionism by revealing the relationship between parameters of parental perfectionism, including self-orientation, orientation to others and social orientation, with the perfectionism of their children in a sample of Lviv families. The study sample consisted of four hundred students (213 girls, 187 boys) together with their parents (342 fathers, 364 mothers). The Tehran Multidimensional Scale of Perfectionism was used to perform the task. The results of this study showed that parameters of parents' perfectionism are related to the dimensions of their child's perfectionism. The analysis of these results showed that the level of parental perfectionism can predict deviations in the level of perfectionism of the child. The results of the research presented in this article can be useful to practical psychologists in counseling and therapy of relevant requests, in the development of social-psychological programs for the correction of perfectionism, as well as in the teaching of psychological disciplines for future psychologists and other specialists in the social-behavioral field.
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