Transcript Julia.ppt

The Investigation of
Perfectionism and Intrinsic/
Extrinsic Motivation
for Vocational High Students
Name: Julia
St. ID: 9822609
Instructor: Kate Chen
Content
• Introduction
• Literature Review
• Methodology
Introduction
• Background
Perfectionism, one of the personal
traits, has been linked to both
maladaptive traits and negative
outcomes in many studies.
(Adderholdt &Goldberg, 1999; Burns, 1980;
Greenspon, 2000; Pacht, 1984; Ramsey &
Ramsey, 2002)
Introduction
• Background
It is normal and innate ability to seek
perfect, a kind of mental drive.
This is due to a sense of inferiority for
human being. Thus, people try to access
to the self-achievement by engaging in
achieving superiority.
(Adler, 1956)
Introduction
• Statement of the problem
- plenty of studies were explored in
the United States
- In Taiwan, most of researches that
related to perfectionism were
explored for kindergarten, junior
high school, gifted kids and
university students.
Introduction
• Statement of the problem
- In Taiwan, most studies focus on
the relationship between
perfectionism and learning
achievement/ depression/ mental
health
… and so on
Introduction
• Purpose of the study
- to find out the actual phenomena
whether perfectionism is related to
intrinsic/ extrinsic motivation for
vocational high school students in
Taiwan
- to probe whether extrinsic
motivation can be switched to
intrinsic motivation due to
perfectionism
Introduction
• Research Questions
1. What is the relationship between
perfectionism and intrinsic/
extrinsic motivation for vocational
high school students?
2. To what extent that extrinsic
motivation can be internalized
into intrinsic motivation due to
perfectionism?
Introduction
• Limitation
- can not be inferred to all vocational
high school students
- without comprehensive
consideration (participants’
background, major)
Literature Review
• Perfectionism
- Hamachek’s (1978) model of a
continuum of “normal” to “neurotic”
perfectionism
normal----------------- neurotic
Drive a sense of
pleasure from their
efforts to achieve
while remaining free
to be less than
perfect as the
situation permits
Self-oriented perfectionism
can become “neurotic” when
it interacts with stress or
perceived failure, or when in
combination with high
socially prescribed
perfectionism
Literature Review
• Perfectionism
- Hewitt & Flett (1991)
Three dimensions of perfectionism:
(1) Self-oriented (for oneself)
(2) Social-oriented (to please others)
(3) Other-oriented (impose on others)
Literature Review
• Perfectionism
Self-oriented
Social-oriented
Other-oriented
Literature Review
• Intrinsic motivation
- Flett, Russo & Hewitt (1994)
The adaptive facet may be due in
part to intrinsic motivation.
- Bandura (1989)
The adaptive facet may contribute
to persistence on tasks and a
strong sense of self-efficacy
Literature Review
• Extrinsic motivation
- Mills & Blankstein (1998)
Self-oriented perfectionism is
related to extrinsic motivation.
be motivated by recognition of their academic work,
be sensitive to other opinions of their work and ideas,
to judge their success relative to other people
Methodology
• Participants
- 8 classes from National Nantou
Commercial High School
- mean age: 16 years
Methodology
• Materials:
- The Multidimensional perfectionism
Scale (Hewitt & Flett, 1991)
- The Work Preference Inventory –
Student version (Amabile, 1987,1994)
Methodology
• Instruments:
- SPSS 13 (Statistics Package for
Social Science)
- Descriptive analysis
zero-order correlations
Partial correlation analysis
• Procedures
Pilot study
Formal study (one semester English course)
Formal Questionnaire
Date Analysis
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