Publications by authors named "Kristina Bien"
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- Striving for perfection can be both good and bad, and researchers want to understand this better, especially in teenagers.
- They looked at a study that used a special test called SCOPE to see how German teens felt about perfectionism and excellence, checking things like their self-esteem and personality traits.
- The study found that wanting to be perfect was linked to feeling less confident and being more anxious, while wanting to be excellent was connected to feeling good about yourself and being more open to new things.
Adolescence is a formative life phase for the development of personality characteristics. Although past findings suggest Big Five traits alongside self-esteem as indicators for successful development, little is known about their longitudinal interplay. We addressed this research gap by integrating data from three longitudinal studies (N = 1,088; M = 16.
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