الكمالية و علاقتها بالإنجاز الأكاديمي لدى الطلبة الموهوبين و غير الموهوبين في المرحلة الثانوية

الملخص EN

The current study aimed to recognize the level of positive and negative perfectionism among gifted students and their average ability peers at secondary school.

And the relation between positive/negative perfectionism and academic achievement among them.

In addition to recognizing the differences in the level of positive/negative perfectionism according to the (giftedness, gender, and grade) variables.

The sample of the study consisted of (244) gifted students and (246) average ability peer ones, from (the first, second, and third) secondary grades, who were chosen by random sample method.

The study relied on the correlational descriptive approach.

And used the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (Frost et.

al.

1990).

The students' scores at the end of the previous school year were considered as indicators of academic achievement.

The results of the study revealed the existence of high levels of positive perfectionism among gifted students (male and female), and the existence of low levels of negative perfectionism among female gifted and average ability Students.

Concerning the relation between perfectionism and academic achievement, found a negative relation between negative perfectionism and academic achievement among male gifted students and female average ability ones.

As for differences, the results of this study revealed the existence of differences in the level of positive perfectionism according to differences in giftedness variable in favor of gifted students.

Moreover, there were differences in the level of positive/negative perfectionism according to the gender variable in favor of male students, and differences in the level of negative perfectionism according to the grade variable in favor of secondary third-grade students.