Predicting of university students' perfectionism: The example of the Education Faculty of Ege University

This study was conducted to predict the perfectionism and its subscales of undergraduated students by variables irrational beliefs and self efficacy. The Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (MPS), Irrational Beliefs Scale, General Self Efficacy Scale and Personal Information Form prepared by the researcher were used as data collection instruments in this study. The sample of the research is composed of 428 students who are attending different undergraduate programs of Faculty of Education in Ege University in the fall semester of 2017-2018 academic year. Data were analyzed by multiple regression analysis for the purpose of predicting the perfectionism and its subscales of undergraduate students by variables including irrational beliefs and self efficacy. The results of the study have showed that; it was observed that irrational beliefs predicted perfectionism and its sub-dimensions self oriented, other oriented and socially prescibed perfectionism positively. On the other hand, self-efficacy predicted perfectionism and its sub-dimensions of self oriented and other oriented perfectionism positively but predicted socially prescibed perfectionism in a negative way. Key Words: Perfectionism, Irrational Beliefs, Self Efficacy.