The role of adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism of mothers in students' sense of responsibility: The mediating role of academic self-efficacy

The aim of this study was to study the role of mothers' perfectionism (adaptive and maladaptive) in their children's responsibility mediated by their academic self-efficacy. The research design was correlational. The statistical population included high school students in Yazd city and their mothers. Who was studying in the academic year 1400-1401. The study population was 16800 students. Morgan table was used to select the sample. A total of 342 female high school students and their mothers were selected by Multi-stage cluster random sampling method. The research instruments were the Hill Perfectionism Questionnaire (2004), the Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (1999) of Jings & Morgan, and Responsibility at Home and School Kordlow (2008). Path analysis using LISREL software showed a positive, direct and significant relationship between adaptive perfectionism and self-efficacy (r = 0.405) and a positive, direct and significant relationship between adaptive perfectionism and responsibility subscale (r = 0.453). There is. There is a positive, direct, and significant relationship between maladaptive perfectionism subscale and self-efficacy (r = -0.102) and a negative, direct and significant relationship (r = -25.25) between maladaptive perfectionism subscale and responsibility. There is a positive, direct, and significant relationship between self-efficacy and responsibility (r = 0.378). Adaptive perfectionism has a positive, indirect, and significant relationship through the self-efficacy mediator variable of responsibility. Also, the correlation results for the subscales showed that striving for excellence, order and organization, purposefulness, as adaptive perfectionism, have a positive and significant relationship with self-efficacy, and high standards for others, interpersonal sensitivity as inconsistent perfectionism,