| Abstract | Budući da osobni standardi, sposobnost odupiranja iskušenjima i sklonost samootežavajućem ponašanju često utječu na izvedbu i ishode u raznim aspektima života, pa tako i akademskom, neke istraživače zanimalo je u kakvom su odnosu perfekcionizam, samokontrola i samootežavanje. Iako dosadašnja istraživanja ukazuju na postojanje povezanosti neadaptivnog perfekcionizma i samootežavanja, o prirodi odnosa adaptivnog perfekcionizma i samootežavanja znanto je manje konsenzusa. Uz to, malo je istraživanja koja se detaljnije bave odnosom samokontrole i samootežavanja. Stoga je u ovom istraživanju cilj bio provjeriti povezanost samokontrole, adaptivnog i neadaptivnog perfekcionizma sa samootežavanjem, kao i utvrditi postoji li razlika u razini samokontrole i sklonosti samootežavanju među adaptivnim perfekcionistima, neadaptivnim perfekcionistima i neperfekcionistima. Istraživanje je provedeno u online obliku, a sudjelovalo je ukupno 109 studenata Sveučilišta u Zadru, točnije 89 žena i 20 muškaraca u dobi između 19 i 40 godina. Korištene su Skala pozitivnog i negativnog perfekcionizma (PNPS; Terry-Short i sur., 1995), Kratka skala samokontrole (BSCS; Tangney i sur., 2004) i Skala samootežavanja (SHS; Rhodewalt, 1990). Pokazalo se da je samokontrola negativno povezana sa samootežavanjem, a dobivena je i pozitivna povezanost neadaptivnog perfekcionizma i samootežavanja, dok adaptivni perfekcionizam nije značajno korelirao sa samootežavanjem. Nadalje, rezultati su pokazali da su adaptivni perfekcionisti postizali veće rezultate na skali samokontrole od neadaptivnih perfekcionista te je utvrđeno da su neadaptivni perfekcionisti u prosjeku skloniji samootežavanju od adaptivnih i neperfekcionista, koji se međusobno nisu razlikovali po samootežavanju. |
| Abstract (english) | Considering that personal standards, the ability to resist temptations and self-handicapping tendencies often impact our performance and outcomes in various areas of life, including the academic context, some reasearchers were interested in the relationship between perfectionism, self-control and self-handicapping. Although past research indicates the existance of a link between maladaptive perfectionism and self-handicapping, there is considerably less consensus about the relationship between adaptive perfectionism and self-handicapping. Besides, very little research explored the relationship between self-control and self-handicapping in detail. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between self-control, adaptive perfectionism, maladaptive perfectionism and self-handicapping, as well as to determine whether adaptive perfectionists, maladaptive perfectionists and non-perfectionists differ in their self-control level and self-handicapping tendencies. The study was conducted online, with a total of 109 University of Zadar students as participants; more specifically, 89 women and 20 men in the age range of 19 to 40. The scales that were used are the Positive and Negative Perfectionism Scale (PNPS; Terry-Short et al., 1995), the Brief Self-Control Scale (BSCS; Tangney et al., 2004) and the Self-Handicapping Scale (SHS; Rhodewalt, 1990). The results revealed that self-control correlated negatively with self-handicapping. Additionally, a positive correlation was found between maladaptive perfectionism and self-handicapping, whereas adaptive perfectionism was not significantly related to self-handicapping. Furthermore, the results showed that, on average, adaptive perfectionists scored higher on self-control scale than maladaptive perfectionists, and that maladaptive perfectionists self-handicapped more than adaptive perfectionists and non-perfectionists, who did not differ significantly regarding self-handicapping. |
