Relationship between perfectionism and procrastination among medica students

VernacularTitle:医学生完美主义和拖延行为的关系研究
Author: Jin ZHAO ; Qihua YE ; Jingbo ZHAO
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Medical students; Perfectionism; Procrastination
From: Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2011;20(8):731-733
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To explore the relationship between perfectionism and procrastination among medical students.Methods 327 medical students of two medical universities in Guangzhou were investigated by the chinese Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale and the Aitken Procrastination Inventory.Results Compared with ordinary college students, medical students got higher scores on CM (12.87 ± 5.017 vs 11.5 ± 4.9), PE ( 14.89 ± 4.603 vs 13.6 ± 5.1 ) and Negative Perfectionism (58.08 ± 12.716 vs 56.1 ± 12.4), but got lower scores on PS (18.00±4.679 vs 18.7 ±5.2).There is the significant negative correlation between OR and procrastination (P＜ 0.001 ).CM, DA, Negative Perfectionism score and procrastination have notable positive correlation (P＜0.01 ).The results of regression analysis show that OR and DA can predict procrastination (P＜0.01).Conclusions Compared with ordinary college students, the perfectionism among contemporary medical students is higher and high negative perfectionist behaves with more procrastination.