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1、PerfectionisticChildrenandAdolescents/12PerfectionisticChildrenandAdolescents:ImplicationsforSchoolCounselors(abridged)By:TerryKottman,Ph.D.andJeffreyAshby,Ph.D.From:ProfessionalSchoolCounseling,3:3,February2000Exercises:J.GeffenPerfectionisticChildrenandAd
2、olescents/121.Perfectionisticchildrenandadolescentsareeasytorecognize.Teachersandparentsdescribethesechildrenandadolescentsashavingincrediblyneatdesks,givinguprecesstofinishsomeassignmentorproject,complaininganytimetheyhaveacollaborativegroupassignment,star
3、tinganartprojectseventimestogetit“justright,”beingdisappointedwhentheydonotgetperfectpapersinschool,andsoforth(Thompson&Rudolph,2000).2.Traditionally,schoolpersonnelandfamilymembershaveexpressedconcernaboutperfectionisticstudents,basedontheassumptionthatper
4、fectionismisaone-dimensional,negativepersonalitytraitthatshouldbeeradicated.Whilesomeofthebehaviorsmanifestedinthequestforperfectioncanbeself-defeating,manyperfectionisticbehaviors(likehavinganeatdesk,turninginneatwork,caringaboutschoolwork,beingdedicatedan
5、dfocused)areactuallyacademicallyandsociallyadaptive.Theauthorsbelievethatitisessentialtothewell-beingandhappinessofthesechildrenandadolescentsthatteachers,counselors,andparentslearntorecognizeandacknowledgethepositivecomponentsofperfectionism.Itisalsoimport
6、anttolearntointervenewiththesestudentsinwaysthatdonotunderminetheproductiveorhelpfulaspectsofperfectionism(i.e.,highstandardsandtheneedfororder),butthatdoaddresstheproblematicaspectsofperfectionism(i.e.,anxiety,extremeself-criticism,andextremecriticismofoth
7、ers).3.Inthisarticle,theauthors(a)describethecurrentresearchfindingsrelatedtoperfectionisminadults,(b)summarizetherecentliteratureregardingperfectionisminchildrenandadolescents,and(c)describeadaptiveandmaladaptivetraitsofperfectionismasmanifestedinchildrena
8、ndadolescents.Theauthorsalsomakesuggestionsforinterventionstrategiesforhelpingchildrenandadolescentslearntocapitalizeontheadaptiveaspectsofperfectionismandremediatethemaladaptiveaspectsofperfectionism.