Self-critical perfectionism gnaws on students’ well-being already in lower secondary school
Young people’s perfectionism is manifested as concern over their competence and fear of making mistakes.A new study among ninth-graders attending lower secondary school in Swedish-speaking areas of Finland identified four perfectionistic profiles with varying associations with students’ psychological well-being. The study was conducted in collaboration between the University of Eastern Finland and Åbo Akademi University. Perfectionism is characterised by high standards and striving for excellence, but it also involves concerns over one’s own performance and dissatisfaction with one’s