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Perfectionism in South African university music students : correlations with academic motivation and performance anxiety
Dissertation (MMus)--University of Pretoria, 2015.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/48953 Perfectionism in South African university music students : correlations with academic motivation and performance anxiety Panebianco-Warrens, Clorinda Rosanna Botha, Madaleen Musicology UCTD Perfectionism Academic motivation Performance anxiety Music students Intrinsic Extrinsic South Africa University Music theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Music theses SDG-10 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Music theses SDG-16 SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Dissertation (MMus)--University of Pretoria, 2015. Perfectionism is often associated with the positive characteristics of motivation, effort and achievement. However, perfectionism encouraged by the views of others may result in increased levels of anxiety and ultimately lead to inferior academic performances of undergraduate university students. The aim of the study is to examine whether, and if so, to what extent perfectionism is related to academic motivation and performance anxiety in BA (Music) and BMus students. A total of 93 music students from four South African universities’ music departments participated in the study. Significant correlations between perfectionism, academic motivation and performance anxiety within the sample are explored. Additionally, the perfectionism, motivation and anxiety levels of the students are compared according to confounding variables such as the academic institution, type of music degree, academic year, gender, home language and first instrument. The study follows a quantitative survey design consisting of the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (MPS), the Work Preference Inventory (WPI) and the Performance Anxiety Inventory-Revised (PAI-R). Strong positive correlations were found between the Concern over Mistakes subscale of perfectionism and the Extrinsic Motivation: Outward dimension. The Personal Standards subscale of perfectionism showed moderate to strong correlations to the Intrinsic Motivation: Challenge and Extrinsic Motivation: Compensation dimensions. The BA (Music) students scored significantly higher than the BMus students in Performance Anxiety, Parental Expectations and Parental Criticism. Students from the Other language (African language) group scored significantly higher in both the perfectionism subscales of Parental Expectations and Parental Criticism. The study provides valuable insight into the perfectionistic trends and its effect on motivational orientations in South African undergraduate music students, particularly the differences between the BA (Music) and BMus degrees, which have not yet been investigated. The study verifies various inter-correlations between aspects of perfectionism and motivation with specific emphasis on the parental dimensions of perfectionism. ae2025 Music Unrestricted SDG-04: Quality education SDG-10: Reduced inequalities SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions 2015-07-16T07:01:11Z 2015-07-16T07:01:11Z 2015-09 2015 Dissertation Botha, M, 2015, Perfectionism in South African university music students: Correlations with academic motivation and performance anxiety, MMus dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/48953> S2015 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/48953 en © 2015 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Musicology UCTD Perfectionism Academic motivation Performance anxiety Music students Intrinsic Extrinsic South Africa University Music theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Music theses SDG-10 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Music theses SDG-16 SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Perfectionism in South African university music students : correlations with academic motivation and performance anxiety |
| title | Perfectionism in South African university music students : correlations with academic motivation and performance anxiety |
| title_full | Perfectionism in South African university music students : correlations with academic motivation and performance anxiety |
| title_fullStr | Perfectionism in South African university music students : correlations with academic motivation and performance anxiety |
| title_full_unstemmed | Perfectionism in South African university music students : correlations with academic motivation and performance anxiety |
| title_short | Perfectionism in South African university music students : correlations with academic motivation and performance anxiety |
| title_sort | perfectionism in south african university music students correlations with academic motivation and performance anxiety |
| topic | Musicology UCTD Perfectionism Academic motivation Performance anxiety Music students Intrinsic Extrinsic South Africa University Music theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Music theses SDG-10 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Music theses SDG-16 SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/48953 |