PERSONALITY TRAITS AS PREDICTORS OF

THE TYPES
OF PERFECTIONISM AMONG COLLEGE
DEANS LISTERS OF
THE UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS

Marie Jane C. Acasio

Janezza Joselle R. Lim
Sierry Mae G. Malanao
Marceline Maria Paz Murillo
Remia Joy P. Relato
Carmelle Anne A. Rey

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OBJECTIVES:
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To determine the personality
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traits and types of perfectionism
exhibited by the participants.
To know if the different
personality traits exhibited by
the deans listers can predict
the types of perfectionism they
manifest.

Statements of the problem

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1.What are the descriptive statistics

(Means and SD)
of the participants personality
traits and
types of perfectionism?
2. Is there a significant relationship that
exist
between:
The different personality traits and
the self-oriented perfectionism
The different personality traits and
the socially-prescribed perfectionism

Hypotheses:

The following hypotheses were formulated

and tested
at .05 level of significance:
Hypothesis 1: There is no significant
relationship that
exist between the different dimensions of
personality
trait/s and self-oriented perfectionism.

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Hypothesis 2: There is no significant

relationship that
exist between the different dimensions of
personality
trait/s and the socially-prescribed
perfectionism.

Dynamic
Personality
Theory
-McCrae and
Costa
NEUROTICISM

Hewitt and
Fletts
Theory of
Perfectionism

SELF-ORIENTED

EXTRAVERSION
OPENNESS

OTHERORIENTED

AGREEABLENESS
CONSCIENTIOUSN
ESS

SOCIALLYPRESCRIBED

Figure 1. The relationship between the Big Five Personality traits and
types of perfectionism

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their students
who
are
-22
yrs. Old
a GPA
18-22 yrs.
Old
with
a GPA
of atwith
least
ofand
at least
1.75 and above,
1.75
above
to be considered as participants
Researchers secured a copy
ofof
the
list oflisters
dean's
list
dean's
listers
and their respective
schedules
through
respective
and
their
theschedules
Deans office and Guidance office of the
different colleges
Administered the two psychological tests at
the guidance office or a classroom:
Multidimensional
Perfectionism
1. 1.
Multidimensional
Perfectionism
Scale
Scale (MPS)
(MPS)
NEO
Five-Factor
Inventory-3
(NEO
2. 2.
NEO
Five-Factor
Inventory-3
(NEO
FFI-3)
FFI-3)
Responses score was tallied and treated using
two statistical methods:
Pearson
and Regression
Pearson
r andr Regression
analysis
analysis
Figure 2. Data Gathering Procedure

Table 1. Mean and Standard Deviation of the Five Personality

Traits

SD

Interpretation

Neuroticism

27.99

6.519

HIGH

Extraversion

29.78

6.342

Average

Openness

25.78

4.034

Average

Agreeableness

28.74

3.793

Average

Conscientiousnes

30.36

6.147

Average

Note:N=290
Table1showsthedescriptivestatisticsofthe
fivepersonalitytraitsofthedatagathered.

Table 2. Mean and Standard Deviation of the Types

of Perfectionism

M
SD
Interpretatio
Self-Oriented

72.54

13.426

n
Moderate

Other- Oriented

57.44

9.192

Moderate

Socially-

61.32

11.620

Moderate

Prescribed
Note: N=290
Table 2 shows the different level of
Perfectionism of the deans listers
of the University of Santo Tomas.

Table 3. Relationship between the Types of Perfectionism

and the Five Personality Traits
NEUROTICI

EXTRAVERS

OPENNE

AGREEABLE

CONSCIENTIOUSN

SM

ION

SS

NESS

ESS

(N)

(E)

(O)

(A)

(C)

r
.065

r
.104

r
.080

.427*

.022

-.050

.162*

Oriented
Socially.001
Note:
*Significant
at CV-.007
.190*
0.05= .113

.034

.016

SelfOriented

.
166
*

Other-

.076

-.038

Table
3 shows the correlation done
Prescribed
between the
types of perfectionism and the five

Table 4. Regression Analysis between the Five

Personality Traits and Types of Perfectionism
NEUROTICI EXTRAVERS OPENNE AGREEABLE CONSCIENTIOUS

Self-

SM

ION

SS

NESS

NESS

(N)

(E)

(O)

(A)

(C)

F
1.234

F
3.172

F
1.834

64.099*

Oriented

8.41
2*

Other-

1.691

.415

.144

.716

7.797*

Oriented
Socially-

10.84

.016

.000

.339

.070

Prescribed

1*

Note: *Significant at CV0.05= 3.874

Table 4 shows a regression analysis
of the
study between the two variables.

Conclusion

UST deans listers with high neuroticism

are
inclined
to
being
anxious
individuals. These deans listers can
also be temperamental, emotional, and
prone to stress-related disorders. They
exhibit
socially
prescribed
perfectionism, wherein others set the
standards
for
the
deans
listers
behavior,
and
they
tend
to
overgeneralize
their
failures
and

Conclusion

UST deans listers who exhibit openness

are intellectually curious, are willing to
try different activities, and are said to
be
exhibiting
self-oriented
perfectionism wherein they set high
standards for themselves.

Conclusion

UST
deans
listers
who
exhibit
conscientiousness
are
organized,
controlled, and self-disciplined. They
exhibit self-oriented perfectionism and
other oriented perfectionism, wherein
they
have
high
standards
for
themselves and other people.