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THE 2 × 2 MODEL OF PERFECTIONISM AND SCHOOL‐ AND COMMUNITY‐BASED SPORT PARTICIPATION
Author(s) -
Mallinson Sarah H.,
Hill Andrew P.,
Hall Howard K.,
Gotwals John K.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/pits.21796
Subject(s) - perfectionism (psychology) , psychology , friendship , interpersonal communication , interpersonal relationship , athletes , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , social psychology , medicine , physical therapy
The authors adopted the 2 × 2 model of perfectionism to examine the unique and interactive effects of two dimensions of perfectionism (personal standards perfectionism [PSP] and evaluative concerns perfectionism [ECP]) on personal and interpersonal indicators of participant experience in youth sport (enjoyment, physical self‐worth, and friendship quality). Participants ( N = 219, M age = 15.12, SD = 2.02) were recruited from various school‐ and community‐based sports and completed a multi‐section questionnaire. Consideration of main and interaction effects indicated that pure PSP (high PSP/low ECP) was associated with the most positive sport experience and pure ECP (low PSP/high ECP) was associated with the least positive sport experience. The findings suggest that subtypes of perfectionism from the 2 × 2 model are predictive of differing experiences in youth sport participation.