title: Perfectionism and ethnicity: implications for depressive symptoms and self-reported academic achievement.
abstract: Ethnic differences in perfectionism were examined among Asian American, African American, and Caucasian American college students. Analyses revealed that Asian American students scored significantly higher than the other groups on 3 of 6 perfectionism subscales. Minority students reported significantly higher parental expectations than Caucasian students. Significant correlations emerged for all 3 groups between depressive symptoms and concerns about making mistakes, perceived criticism from parents, and self-doubt. In regression analyses, perfectionism explained significant variance in depressive symptoms for Asian Americans and Caucasians and explained significant variance in cumulative grade point average for Asian Americans and African Americans. Self-doubt emerged as a robust individual predictor in these analyses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education, Michigan State University, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.forename: Kenneth G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Rice
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations / Q000208:ethnology*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012649:Self Concept; D012938:Social Perception; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States; D014495:Universities; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*