Perfectionism and aggression in artistically gifted persons

• Authors: Romanowicz, Martyna , Poraj, Grażyna , Limiont, Wiesława

Abstracts

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Some scholars define perfectionism as the relationship between one’s abilities and expectations. A strong emotional reaction to the discrepancy between these can be maladaptive and even lead to aggressive behaviour. The study covered 133 students and graduates of colleges around Poland, including 67 persons of various specialties in visual arts. In order to characterise perfectionism, the Polish version of the Goals and Work Habits Survey (Schuler, 1994) was used, while the tool called Inwentarz Psychologiczny Agresji [Aggression Psychological Inventory] (Gaś, 1980) was used for description of aggression. The aim of the study was to analyse the relationship between specific aspects of perfectionism and aggression in artistically gifted persons. The results of the study indicate that artistically gifted persons scored higher in respect of some aspects of perfectionism than persons from the control group. The assumption that the studied groups differ in terms of aggression syndrome has not been confirmed. The artistically gifted men differed from the control group men in terms of aspects of perfectionism and in terms of transferred aggression. No statistically significant differences in terms of perfectionism or aggression syndrome have been established between the women. Moreover, gender did not differentiate perfectionism in the group of artistically talented persons.

Keywords

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perfectionism; aggression; gifted persons; visual arts; gender differences

• Publisher: Akademia Pedagogiki Specjalnej im. Marii Grzegorzewskiej. Wydawnictwo APS
• Journal: Psychologia Wychowawcza
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 56(14)
• Pages: 204-229

Dates

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2019-08-20

Contributors

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Romanowicz, Martyna

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Poraj, Grażyna

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Limiont, Wiesława