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Chan, David W. – Roeper Review, 2009
Positive and negative perfectionism as well as four goal orientations were assessed in a sample of 315 Chinese gifted students in Hong Kong. These students tended to endorse positive perfectionism more than negative perfectionism and prefer learning and social goals over performance and avoidance goals. Learning and social goal orientations…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Goal Orientation, Foreign Countries, Personality Traits
Chan, David W. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2007
This study evaluated the viability of using a self-report instrument to assess separately the positive form and negative form of perfectionism among 317 Chinese gifted students in Hong Kong. These students tended to endorse positive perfectionism more than negative perfectionism. Positive and negative perfectionism were also found to relate…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Life Satisfaction, Self Efficacy, Foreign Countries