The Relationship between Perfectionism of Mothers, to that of her Child and Goal Orientation
AUTHOR : 김문정,정윤경
INFORMATION : page. 63~83 / 2012 Vol.19 No.3
ABSTRACT
This study was designed to verify the relationship between a mother\'s perfectionism, the child\'s
perfectionism and their goal orientation. For the purposes of this research, 1076 5th and 6th graders and
their mothers were surveyed using Hewitt\'s Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale and Goal Orientation
Scale(Elliot & Church, 1997). The results of the study were as follows. First, the self-oriented perfectionism
of mothers was observed to have a significant influence on the child\'s learning goal and performance
-approach goal through his/her self-oriented perfectionism, a significant negative influence on the child\'s
learning goal through his/her socially prescribed perfectionism, and a significant influence on performance
-avoidance goal and performance-approach goal. While the self-oriented perfectionism of mothers had a
significant influence on the child\'s other-oriented perfectionism, no significant influence on the child\'s goal
orientation was found. Second, the other-oriented perfectionism of the mothers had a significant negative
influence on the child\'s performance-avoidance goal through his/her other-oriented perfectionism. Third,
socially prescribed perfectionism of the mothers in this study had hardly any influence, either on the
child\'s perfectionism or on goal orientation.