Perfectionism and impostor phenomenon among undergraduate music education majors

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Psychology of Music Pub Date : 2025-09-12 DOI:10.1177/03057356251369510

Brian A Silvey, Jessica Nápoles, D Gregory Springer, Mark Montemayor

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Abstract

Music students and music teachers are subject to a variety of stressors that can negatively affect their health and well-being. In the current study, we aimed to investigate the incidence of perfectionism and impostor phenomenon (IP) among undergraduate music education majors. A secondary purpose was to examine the degree to which perfectionist tendencies (self-oriented perfectionism, other-oriented perfectionism, and socially prescribed perfectionism) and selected demographic variables (gender identity, year in school, first-generation college student status, enrollment in a university honors program, and music education focus) predict IP. Participants ( N = 135) were a convenience sample of undergraduate music education majors in the United States who completed the Hewitt and Flett Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale and the Clance Impostor Phenomenon Scale. Results of descriptive and multiple regression analyses revealed that all three subscales of perfectionism and first-generation college student status significantly predicted IP scores. We interpret these findings based on prior literature on perfectionism and IP, and we offer recommendations for ways that university music faculty can support their students to reduce the negative effects associated with perfectionism and IP.

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音乐教育专业大学生的完美主义与冒名顶替现象

音乐学生和音乐教师受到各种各样的压力，这些压力会对他们的健康和幸福产生负面影响。摘要本研究旨在探讨音乐教育专业大学生完美主义与冒名顶替现象的发生率。第二个目的是检验完美主义倾向（自我导向型完美主义、他人导向型完美主义和社会规定型完美主义）和选定的人口统计变量（性别认同、在校年级、第一代大学生身份、大学荣誉课程的入学情况和音乐教育重点）对知识产权的预测程度。参与者（N = 135）是美国音乐教育专业本科学生的方便样本，他们完成了Hewitt和Flett多维完美主义量表和Clance冒名顶替现象量表。描述性和多元回归分析结果显示，完美主义和第一代大学生身份三个分量表对大学生知识产权得分均有显著的预测作用。我们根据先前关于完美主义和知识产权的文献来解释这些发现，并为大学音乐教师提供建议，帮助他们的学生减少与完美主义和知识产权相关的负面影响。

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Psychology of Music Multiple-

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期刊介绍： Psychology of Music and SEMPRE provide an international forum for researchers working in the fields of psychology of music and music education, to encourage the exchange of ideas and to disseminate research findings. Psychology of Music publishes peer-reviewed papers directed at increasing the scientific understanding of any psychological aspect of music. These include studies on listening, performing, creating, memorising, analysing, describing, learning, and teaching, as well as applied social, developmental, attitudinal and therapeutic studies. Special emphasis is placed on studies carried out in naturalistic settings, especially those which address the interface between music psychology and music education.