Abstract:
This study aimed to show that academic rumination is an important risk factor
for the quality of achievement goal orientations, especially in Socially- Prescribed
Perfectionist (SPP) late adolescents. SPP personality trait and academic rumination are
risk factors for the quality of achievement goal orientations. Surprisingly, there is no
research investigating the effect of academic rumination on achievement goal
orientations in SPP adolescents. The present research had two studies. In the Study I,
420 late adolescents completed the Hewitt & Flett’s Multidimensional Perfectionism
Scale (MPS-HF), Achievement Goal Orientation Questionnaire (AGOQ), Beck
Depression Inventory (BDI) and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). The purpose of this
study is to test the factor features of the MPS-HF and AGOQ and to determine the
participants who meet the SPP criteria. In the Study II, 32 late adolescents who have
SPP and 32 late adolescents who have not SPP (i.e., non- SPP) trait were induced
academic rumination. Their achievement goal orientation sub- type levels were
measured at the pre-rumination and post-rumination induction stages. The results
demonstrated that the academic rumination had no significant effect on any
achievement goal orientation sub-type. Also, the academic rumination had no
significant higher effect on any achievement goal orientation sub- type of SPP group
than non- SPP group. In discussion section, developments that can be made in the
content of academic rumination task are suggested for future studies. In addition, it
was thought that the importance of the academic failure memory for the individual
should be take into consideration.
