PEDAGOGIA
Vol 20, No 2 (2022)

THE EFFECT OF PERFECTIONISM ON FEAR OF FAILURE IN BOARDING SCHOOL STUDENTS

Surahman Surahman (Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang)
Moh Fauzil Adhim (Psychology Study Program, Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Aug 2022

Abstract

Fear of failure is a motive to avoid failure and shame or humiliation caused by failure. Fear of failure has consequences in achieving goals or weakening efforts. In some cases, fear of failure impacts mental health and student achievement. One of the factors influencing the fear of failure is perfectionism. This study aimed to determine the influence of perfectionists on the fear of failure in boarding school students. The study participants comprised 338 boarding school students (185 boys; 135 girls) aged 14-17 years. The research instruments used are the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (MPS-F) to measure perfectionists and the Fear of Failure in Learning Scale (FOFL) to measure fear of student failure. A simple linear regression analysis showed that perfectionists could predict fear of failure (R = 0,477; R² = 0,277; p 0,05). The practical contribution of perfectionists to fear of failure was 27,7%. This finding shows that fear of failure is a problem for students affected by perfectionists.  

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Journal Info

Abbrev

pedagogia

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Subject

Education

Description

PEDAGOGIA (e-ISSN 2579-7700, p.ISSN 1693-5276 is a peer-reviewed (double blind review) journal published by Faculty of Education, Indonesia Univerity of Education. The goal of this journal is to facilitate scholars, researchers, and teachers for publishing the original research articles or review ...