Comparison Between Achievement Goal, Perfectionism and Anxiety in High School Male and Female Students

Abstract

Background: Most people experience anxiety in attempting to reach their goals in life and confronting the existential challenges. Objectives: The purpose of this study is to compare the achievement of goals, perfectionism and anxiety among high school students. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study comprised 200 female and male students selected from six high schools using cluster random sampling method. Achievement goal scale for public texture, Frost multidimensional perfectionism scale and DASS scale were used to collect data, analyzed by multivariate variance analysis (MANOVA), and multiple regression. Results: The results showed that in the proficiency-oriented achievement goal subscales and function-oriented achievement goal subscales girls had higher scores than boys, indicated by (P Conclusions: Considering the prediction of students' anxiety by achievement goal sub-scales, similar research findings can be used to design training programs in order to prevent anxiety and negative perfectionism in students.

Keywords

• achievement
• anxiety
• depression
• students