Intercollegiate perfectionistic athletes’ perspectives on achievement : contribution to the understanding and assessment of perfectionism in sport

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Deutscher übersetzter Titel:Die Ansichten von perfektionistischen Collegesportlern zu Leistung : ein Beitrag zum Verständnis und zur Bewertung des Perfektionismus im Sport
Autor:Gotwals, John K.; Spencer-Cavaliere, Nancy
Erschienen in:International journal of sport psychology
Veröffentlicht:45 (2014), 4 (Perfectionism in sport and dance), S. 271-297, Lit.
Format: Literatur (SPOLIT)
Publikationstyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
Medienart: Gedruckte Ressource
Sprache:Englisch
ISSN:0047-0767, 1147-0767
DOI:10.7352/IJSP.2014.45.271
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Erfassungsnummer:PU201502001283
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Abstract des Autors

The purpose of this study was to explore perfectionistic athletes’ perspectives on achievement in sport. Male and female intercollegiate athletes whose Sport Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale 2 (Sport-MPS-2; Gotwals & Dunn, 2009) subscale profile reflected healthy perfectionism (n = 7) or unhealthy perfectionism (n = 11) were purposefully sampled and interviewed. Content analysis of the interview data revealed three themes: personal expectations, coping with challenge, and role of others. Although these themes were common to both healthy and unhealthy perfectionists, the content generally represented a dichotomy of positive and negative interpretations, respectively. Discussion explores the degree to which these findings provide insight into perfectionism among athletes, support use of the tripartite model (Stoeber & Otto, 2006) and anecdotal accounts of perfectionism (e.g., Burns, 1980; Hamachek, 1978) within sport, foster resolution of the healthy–unhealthy perfectionism debate, contribute to the development of the Sport-MPS-2, and advance understanding of the domain-specificity of perfectionism. Verf.-Referat