Date of Award
6-2014
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Psychology
Department
Psychology
First Reader/Committee Chair
Michael R. Lewin
Abstract
The adaptive-maladaptive debate in perfectionism research often centers on the issue of whether perfectionism affords the individual an advantage in academic performance. This study is an extension of a previous study by the authors that found maladaptive forms of perfectionism were positively associated with academic procrastination. Conversely, adaptive forms of perfectionism were negatively associated with academic procrastination. Additionally, although trait anxiety was positively associated with academic procrastination in general, this relationship was reversed for those scoring high in adaptive perfectionism but not maladaptive perfectionism. The purpose of the current study is to examine whether the relationships between perfectionism and procrastination is indirect with intrinsic and extrinsic motivation (respective to adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism) serving as mediators of this relationship. Additionally we will examine whether the relationship between anxiety and procrastination is moderated by intrinsic and extrinsic motivation.
Recommended Citation
Chang, Henry K., "PERFECTIONISM, ANXIETY, AND ACADEMIC PROCRASTINATION: THE ROLE OF INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION IN COLLEGE STUDENTS" (2014). Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations. 28.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/28