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- Title
Perfectionism and ethnicity: implications for depressive symptoms and self-reported academic achievement.
- Authors
Castro, Jennifer R; Rice, Kenneth G
- Abstract
Ethnic differences in perfectionism were examined among Asian American, African American, and Caucasian American college students. Analyses revealed that Asian American students scored significantly higher than the other groups on 3 of 6 perfectionism subscales. Minority students reported significantly higher parental expectations than Caucasian students. Significant correlations emerged for all 3 groups between depressive symptoms and concerns about making mistakes, perceived criticism from parents, and self-doubt. In regression analyses, perfectionism explained significant variance in depressive symptoms for Asian Americans and Caucasians and explained significant variance in cumulative grade point average for Asian Americans and African Americans. Self-doubt emerged as a robust individual predictor in these analyses.
- Publication
Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology, 2003, Vol 9, Issue 1, p64
- ISSN
1099-9809
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1037/1099-9809.9.1.64