APS

31st APS Annual Convention · 2019

Self-Critical and Personal Standards Perfectionism Differentially Predict Sensitivity to Reward and Punishment in First-Year Undergraduate Students

Washington, DC · May 2019

Poster · Personality/Emotion

  • Nicole Legg
    University of Victoria
  • Christina Robillard
    University of Victoria
  • Julie Prud'homme
    University of Victoria
  • Brianna Turner
    University of Victoria

Abstract

The present study found that SC and PS perfectionism were differentially associated with sensitivity to reward and punishment in a sample of first-year undergraduate students. While SC perfectionism predicted higher sensitivity to punishment, PS perfectionism predicted higher sensitivity to reward and lower sensitivity to punishment.

Personality

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