The Typology of Perfectionism in Adolescents

Abstract

The psychological approaches to determining the types of perfectionism in adults and adolescents are considered in the article; the criteria underlying such typologies are analyzed. The psychological features of perfectionism in adolescence are described. The analysis of correlation between the level of general perfectionism in adolescents and the level of academic success, the degree of anxiety and depression manifestations, dominance of motivational tendencies for success or avoidance of failure is done. Using cluster analysis, the typology of perfectionism is developed in adolescence, which takes into account the following criteria: «avoiding failure-hope for success»; «high level of success-low level of success»; «no emotional problems-high emotional problems»; «high level of perfectionism-low level of perfectionism».