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The Incidence of Perfectionism in Gifted Students

Address correspondence to: Wayne D. Parker, Institute for the Academic Advancement of Youth, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218

Carol J. Mills

Using the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale, (Frost et al., 1990) perfectionism scores were compared between a group of 600 students identified as academically talented and a group of 418 peers from the general cohort. In this nationally gathered sample, all students were sixth graders and of similar socioeconomic status. Findings indicated little difference between the mean scores of the two groups. Comparisons were also made between the gifted students and the general cohort using an empirical typology of perfectionism. This analysis did not indicate a statistically significant difference in the frequency of perfectionistic types between gifted students and the general cohort. These findings suggest that the frequent anecdotal reports of greater perfectionism among the gifted may be a product of differential labeling patterns of similar behaviors when demonstrated by gifted students and the general cohort. A greater distinction between perfectionistic strivings which stimulate excellence and those perfectionistic strivings which frustrate and inhibit achievement needs to be made.

Gifted Child Quarterly, Vol. 40, No. 4, 194-199 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/001698629604000404


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