Beskova T.V.
Gender Peculiarities of the Influence of Perfectionism on the Subjective Well-Being
// Psychology and Psychotechnics.
2016. № 6.
P. 510-516.
DOI: 10.7256/2454-0722.2016.6.20518 URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=20518
Гендерные особенности влияния перфекционизма на субъективное благополучие личности
Beskova Tatiana Viktorovna
PhD in Pedagogy
professor of the Department of Legal Psychology, Forensic Enquiry and Pedagogics at Saratov State Law Academy
410056, Russia, Saratovskaya oblast', g. Saratov, ul. Vol'skaya, 1
Abstract: The object of the research is the subjective well-being of a person. The purpose of the present research is to define gender peculiarities of the influence of perfectionism on various components of the subjective well-being of a person. The author of the research examines such aspects of the topic as peculiarities of the subjective well-being and perfectionism as well as their components in male and female groups; the nature of the influence of various kinds of perfectionism (self-oriented, others-oriented and socially prescribed perfectionism) on the components of the subjective well-being depending on their gender attribution. The research involved 133 respondents. The results were processed using correlation analysis and comparison of Student-t mean values. The main conclusions of the research are as follows: socially prescribed perfectionism has the greater influence on the subjective well-being and this influence has certain gender specifics, in particular, this kind of perfectionism destroys the subjective well-being of women and, on the contrary, has a positive influence on the subjective well-being of men. Other kinds of perfectionism influence only the emotional component of the subjective well-being: men with the self-oriented perfectionism and women with the others-oriented perfectionism have a more positive attitude. The main contribution of the author is that for the first time in the academic literature the author demonstrates differently directed (constructively/destructively) influence of the socially prescribed perfectionism on the subjective well-being of different sexes. These results can be efficiently used in the process of psychological counseling concerning the problems of parenting and family education.
