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balkane A, Heidari Gorji A M, Zoleykani P, Moradi S. Examining the Dimensions of Perfectionism of Students Participating in Student Scientific Olympiads at Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences in 2022. Clin Exc 2024; 14 (1) :134-144
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Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences & Education Development Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
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Background and Objectives: Participation in scientific Olympiads is a completely voluntary action outside the mandatory curriculum of medical education. Most individuals who participate in scientific Olympiads are students who seek to learn more and acquire more skills. Based on the searches conducted in previous studies, multiple investigations have examined perfectionism in relation to various factors. However, to date, no study has explored the correlation between perfectionism and participation in student scientific Olympiads. Therefore, we decided to design and implement a study to determine the correlation between medical sciences students' perfectionism and participation in student scientific Olympiads.
Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study (questionnaire-based survey) was conducted with the participation of medical science students in Mazandaran. In this research, the required data were collected through the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (developed by Hewitt and Flett), which is a self-report tool. In this study, a two-sided P-value of less than 0.05 was set as the criterion for judging the statistical significance of the difference between the variables. The gathered data were analyzed in IBM SPSS 25 software using description and statistical analysis.
Results: A total of 69 students who participated in the Olympiad filled out the questionnaires. The majority of participants, with a frequency of 36 (52.2%), were female. Most of the participants were medical students, accounting for 53 people (76.8%). Among the basic variables (gender, major, and degree), none had a significant relationship with passing the individual stage of the Science Olympiad (P=0.20, P=0.21, and P=0.17, respectively). The mean score of students for the total score of perfectionism (18.01) was 92.96. The mean total score of the questionnaire was higher in females than in males; however, this difference was not statistically significant (P=0.153). Regarding the self-oriented and other-oriented scores, there was no significant relationship between the people who were accepted and those who failed in the first stage of the individual Olympiad (P=0.828 and P=0.603, respectively). Nonetheless, there was evidence of a difference in the community-oriented score, although it was not statistically significant (P=0.058).
Conclusion: In this study, there was no significant relationship between perfectionism and passing the Olympiad. This finding was not limited to the total score but was also observed in all dimensions of perfectionism. However, the students who successfully passed the individual stage scored higher in community-oriented perfectionism than others, which was statistically significant.
Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study (questionnaire-based survey) was conducted with the participation of medical science students in Mazandaran. In this research, the required data were collected through the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (developed by Hewitt and Flett), which is a self-report tool. In this study, a two-sided P-value of less than 0.05 was set as the criterion for judging the statistical significance of the difference between the variables. The gathered data were analyzed in IBM SPSS 25 software using description and statistical analysis.
Results: A total of 69 students who participated in the Olympiad filled out the questionnaires. The majority of participants, with a frequency of 36 (52.2%), were female. Most of the participants were medical students, accounting for 53 people (76.8%). Among the basic variables (gender, major, and degree), none had a significant relationship with passing the individual stage of the Science Olympiad (P=0.20, P=0.21, and P=0.17, respectively). The mean score of students for the total score of perfectionism (18.01) was 92.96. The mean total score of the questionnaire was higher in females than in males; however, this difference was not statistically significant (P=0.153). Regarding the self-oriented and other-oriented scores, there was no significant relationship between the people who were accepted and those who failed in the first stage of the individual Olympiad (P=0.828 and P=0.603, respectively). Nonetheless, there was evidence of a difference in the community-oriented score, although it was not statistically significant (P=0.058).
Conclusion: In this study, there was no significant relationship between perfectionism and passing the Olympiad. This finding was not limited to the total score but was also observed in all dimensions of perfectionism. However, the students who successfully passed the individual stage scored higher in community-oriented perfectionism than others, which was statistically significant.
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Received: 2024/06/6 | Accepted: 2024/08/15 | Published: 2024/07/31
Received: 2024/06/6 | Accepted: 2024/08/15 | Published: 2024/07/31
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