Perfectionism, intrinsic vs extrinsic motivation, and motivated strategies for learning: a multidimensional analysis of university students

By Jennifer S. Mills, K. Blankstein. 2000

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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Perfectionism and burnout in junior elite soccer players: The mediating influence of unconditional self-acceptance (2008, background): “For example, within student samples, self-oriented perfectionism is associated with resourcefulness (Flett, Hewitt, Blankstein, & O’Brien, 1991), intrinsic motivation and achievement striving (Mills & Blankstein, 2000).”
Avoidant coping: A mediator of maladaptive perfectionism and test anxiety (2012, background): “For example, it is related to positive affect, a high grade point average, and adaptive learning strategies (Brown et al., 1999; Frost et al., 1993; Mills & Blankstein, 2000).”
Perfectionism and Motivation of Adolescents in Academic Contexts. (2014, methodology): “…perfectionism has frequently demonstrated both positive and negative characteristics, correlating positively with variables as varied as depression, test anxiety, self-efficacy, and intrinsic and extrinsic motivation (Hewitt et al., 2002; Mills & Blankstein, 2000; Stoeber et al., 2009).”
Perfectionism, self-efficacy and OCB: the moderating role of gender (2012, background): “Adaptive perfectionists tend to prepare more, procrastinate less, and use more effective cognitive learning strategies (Brown et al., 1999; Frost et al., 1990; Mills and Blankstein, 2000), all of which can be expected to result in going beyond one’s job description to perform behaviours that maintai”
Adaptive and Maladaptive Aspects of Self-Oriented versus Socially Prescribed Perfectionism (2005, background): “…(Chang, 1998; Dean et al., 1996; Fee & Tangney, 2000; Flett et al., 1991, 1992, 1995, 1998; Hewitt et al., 1996; Hewitt & Flett, 1991a, 1993; Mills & Blankstein, 2000) and to extend what is known about the two types of perfectionism by their associations with achievement motivation and…”
Understanding the Relationship Between Perfectionism and Achievement Motivation in Gifted College Students (2004, background): “For example, Mills and Blankstein (2000) found that self-oriented perfectionists demonstrated a number of adaptive metacognitive and cognitive learning strategies, as well as effective resource management.”
Predicting Procrastination: The Role of Academic Achievement, Self-efficacy and Perfectionism (2019, background): “They are effective in using metacognitive and cognitive learning skills (Mills & Blankstein, 2000), have more effective time management skills (Klibert, Langhinrichsen – Rohling, & Saito, 2005) and a high level of self-efficacy (Locicero & Ashby, 2000).”
Perfectionism in young musicians: Relations with motivation, effort, achievement, and distress (2007, unknown): “Regarding how perfectionism relates to intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, four studies have been published (McArdle & Duda, 2004; Mills & Blankstein, 2000; Miquelon, Vallerand, Grouzet, & Cardinal, 2005; Van Yperen, 2006).”
Self-Concealment as a Mediator in the Relationship Between Perfectionism and Psychological Distress (2004, unknown): “Mills and Blankstein (2000) found that perfectionists exhibited a fear that others would evaluate them negatively for poor academic performance and feared asking for academic assistance.”
Perfectionism and workaholism in employees: The role of work motivation (2013, background): “…by SDT (except for amotivation with which it has shown negative correlations), indicating that self-oriented perfectionists are highly motivated across the autonomous-controlled motivation spectrum (Appleton & Hill, 2012; Mills & Blankstein, 2000; Stoeber, Feast, & Hayward, 2009; Van Yperen, 2006).”
The Effects of Helicopter Parenting on Academic Motivation (2017, unknown): “Perfectionism that is driven by worrying about what other people think has been linked to increased extrinsic motivation (Mills & Blankstein, 2000).”
Role of the Big Five personality traits in predicting college students' academic motivation and achievement (2009, background): “…and perfectionism, as well as academic discipline and commitment to college, are significant predictors of GPAs and remaining in school (Martin,Montgomery, & Saphian, 2006;Mills & Blankstein, 2000; Pritchard &Wilson, 2003; Robbins, Allen, Casillas, Peterson, & Le, 2006; Wolfe & Johnson, 1995).”