A STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERFECTIONISM AND LONELINESS AMONG YOUNG TEACHERS IN UNIVERSITIES

Abstract

The FMPS and UCLA scales measured 100 young university teachers from ethnic areas in southwestern China. The results showed that perfectionism and loneliness differed significantly on the demographic variables of origin, age, discipline, gender, ethnicity, and being an only child. The perfectionism dimensions of fear of making mistakes and organization were predictive of loneliness, and all the perfectionism dimensions, except family expectations, personal standards, and doubts about action, affected loneliness.