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Name:   Voices of perfectionism: Perfectionistic gifted adolescents in a rural middle school
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Schuler, P.
Topics
 
 
Perfectionism
Source
 
 
National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented 1999
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http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/nrcgt/schuler.html
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"This study investigated the characteristics of perfectionistic gifted male and female adolescents in a rural middle school, how they perceived their perfectionism, the influences on their perfectionism, and the consequences of their perfectionistic behaviors in the context of their rural middle school experiences."
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6/7/2005
 
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This is a very interesting study that used qualitative and quantitative methods to arrive at its outcomes. Its outcomes support previous studies that suggest that perfectionistic tendencies exist on a continuum between healthy and dysfunctional perfectionism.
 
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