Neurotic Perfectionism among Students of the Kindergarten Department and Its Relationship to Some Variables

Abstract

The aim of the current research is to identify the level of neurotic perfectionism among students of the kindergarten department and to identify the most common dimensions of the research sample, as well as to identify the significance of the differences according to the variable (stage, the scientific level of the parents), and in order to achieve the goals of the current research, the two researchers built the neurotic perfectionism scale based on the theory (Frost and others 1991), where the number of its final paragraphs amounted to (38) paragraphs, and its psychometric properties were confirmed, and the tool was applied to a sample of (200) students randomly selected from the kindergarten department of the College of Education for Girls, University of Baghdad 2019-2020.

   In light of the objectives of the current research, the following results were reached:-

 1-The current research sample of female students in the kindergarten department has neurotic perfectionism with a moderate degree.

2-All dimensions of neurotic perfectionism are a function, but the most common among students of the kindergarten department is the dimension (personal criteria, expectations and parental criticism).

3-There are no statistically significant differences between students of the kindergarten department in neurotic perfectionism according to (the variable of the first stage and the fourth stage).

4-There are differences between students of the kindergarten department in neurotic perfectionism depending on the scientific level variable of the father (junior high school and below, university and higher) and in favor of the academic level at university and above.

5-There are statistically significant differences between female students in the kindergarten department in neurotic perfectionism according to the variable of the mother's scientific level (junior high and below, university or higher) and in favor of the scientific level of the university mother and above.