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- Two key aspects of perfectionism are identified: perfectionistic strivings (goals) and perfectionistic concerns (anxieties), each affecting musicians differently.
- A study of 275 musicians revealed that both aspects correlated with coping styles, but they varied in their impact on effort, achievement, and performance anxiety.
- Additionally, perfectionism cognitions provided unique insights into performance anxiety beyond what was explained by general perfectionism traits.
Article Abstract
Research has shown that 2 major facets of perfectionism can be differentiated: perfectionistic strivings and perfectionistic concerns. In order to investigate how these different facets of perfectionism are related to coping, effort, achievement, and performance anxiety in musicians, we asked 275 professional and amateur Japanese musicians to complete measures of perfectionism traits, perfectionism cognitions, coping style, effort, achievement, and performance anxiety. While both facets of perfectionism showed a similar pattern of correlation with coping measures, they were differently associated with effort, achievement, and performance anxiety. In addition, results of hierarchical regression analysis showed the incremental validity of perfectionism cognitions in explaining variance in performance anxiety above the variance explained by other variables, such as trait perfectionism. These findings demonstrate that perfectionism in musicians has both positive and negative elements.
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