The Relationship Between Perfectionism and Maximization Tendency

IF 1.2 4区心理学 Q4 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Journal of Individual Differences Pub Date : 2023-06-09 DOI:10.1027/1614-0001/a000399

Minyi Ma, Kangni Guo, Zhiyong Li, Chen Xie, Danning Wang, Li Zhang

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Abstract

Abstract: Personality traits are closely correlated with maximization tendency. However, few studies have characterized the link between the subdimensions of perfectionism and maximization tendency. Accordingly, no empirical literature has examined the mechanisms between them. This study examines the relationship between perfectionism and maximization tendency and how they are linked. Participants ( N = 450) were invited to describe their maximization tendency, achievement motivation, perfectionism, and demographic variables. The results showed that the two dimensions of perfectionism are positively correlated with the three dimensions of maximization tendency. The motive to achieve success (MAS) and the motive to avoid failure (MAF) could mediate the link between the dimensions of perfectionism and the dimensions of maximization tendency. Further analyses showed that MAS mediates the relationships between perfectionism and a high standard of maximization tendency, while MAF mediates the relationship between perfectionism and the decision difficulty of maximization tendency. MAS and MAF simultaneously mediate the relationship between perfectionism and alternative search. These findings suggest that decision difficulty and the other two dimensions of maximization differ in terms of their relationship with achievement motivation.

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完美主义与最大化倾向的关系

摘要:人格特质与最大化倾向密切相关。然而，很少有研究描述完美主义子维度与最大化倾向之间的联系。因此，没有实证文献研究它们之间的机制。本研究探讨了完美主义和最大化倾向之间的关系以及它们之间的联系。参与者(N = 450)被邀请描述他们的最大化倾向、成就动机、完美主义和人口统计学变量。结果表明，完美主义的两个维度与最大化倾向的三个维度呈正相关。成功动机(MAS)和避免失败动机(MAF)可以中介完美主义维度与最大化倾向维度之间的联系。进一步分析发现，MAS在完美主义与高标准最大化倾向之间起中介作用，MAF在完美主义与高标准最大化倾向决策困难之间起中介作用。MAS和MAF同时介导完美主义与替代搜索之间的关系。这些发现表明，决策困难和最大化的其他两个维度与成就动机的关系不同。

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Journal of Individual Differences PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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期刊介绍： Researchers, teachers, and students interested in all areas of individual differences (e.g., gender, temperament, personality, intelligence) and their assessment in human and animal research will find the Journal of Individual Differences useful. The Journal of Individual Differences publishes manuscripts dealing with individual differences in behavior, emotion, cognition, and their developmental aspects. This includes human as well as animal research. The Journal of Individual Differences is conceptualized to bring together researchers working in different areas ranging from, for example, molecular genetics to theories of complex behavior.