Perfectionism and Procrastination: The Moderating Role of Conscientiousness

doi:10.13209/j.0479-8023.2017.046

Abstract

Abstract:

Based on the survey of 250 staffs, this study explored the relationship between self-oriented perfect-ionism and procrastination. It is found that self-oriented perfectionism negatively correlates with procrastination and conscientiousness of Big-five plays a moderating role: For people low in conscientiousness, self-oriented perfectionism would significantly decrease the procrastination, while for people high in conscientiousness, self-oriented perfectionism has no effect on procrastination. The results are of great reference value for further under-standing of procrastination, and its influence factors.

Key words: procrastination, self-oriented perfectionism, big five personality, conscientiousness

摘要：

通过对247名知识型员工的有效问卷调查, 探讨自我导向完美主义与拖延的关系, 发现自我导向完美主义与个体的拖延得分显著负相关。进一步的数据分析揭示, 大五人格中的尽责性在自我导向完美主义与拖延的关系中起着调节作用: 对尽责性低的人而言, 自我导向完美主义显著降低了拖延, 而对高尽责性的人而言, 自我取向的完美主义对拖延没有影响。研究结果为理解拖延这一日常现象及其影响拖延的因素以及这些因素之间的关系提供了新的视角。

关键词: 拖延, 自我导向完美主义, 大五人格, 尽责性

Yubo HOU, Shuiyun GU. Perfectionism and Procrastination: The Moderating Role of Conscientiousness[J]. Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Pekinensis, 2017, 53(3): 573-578.

侯玉波, 顾水云. 知识型员工的完美主义与拖延:尽责性人格的调节作用[J]. 北京大学学报自然科学版, 2017, 53(3): 573-578.

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变量	M	SD	年龄	性别	拖延	完美主义
年龄	26.245	3.390
性别			0.069
拖延	27.505	7.746	0.089	0.040
自我导向	66.075	12.140	0.150**	-0.041	-0.145*
尽责性	28.350	4.586	0.139*	-0.025	-0.476**	0.193*

变量	M	SD	年龄	性别	拖延	完美主义
年龄	26.245	3.390
性别			0.069
拖延	27.505	7.746	0.089	0.040
自我导向	66.075	12.140	0.150**	-0.041	-0.145*
尽责性	28.350	4.586	0.139*	-0.025	-0.476**	0.193*

步骤	预测变量	β
第1步	控制变量
	年龄	0.087
	性别	0.033
	校正R²	0.000
	ΔR²	0.009
第2步	主效应
	年龄	0.111
	性别	0.027
	自我导向完美主义	-0.156*
	校正R²	0.019
	ΔR²	0.024

步骤	预测变量	β
第1步	控制变量
	年龄	0.087
	性别	0.033
	校正R²	0.000
	ΔR²	0.009
第2步	主效应
	年龄	0.111
	性别	0.027
	自我导向完美主义	-0.156*
	校正R²	0.019
	ΔR²	0.024

步骤	预测变量	标准化回归系数	t	显著性水平
第1步	年龄	0.08	1.18	0.24
	性别	0.04	0.62	0.54
	R²			0.01
第2步	主效应
	年龄	0.10	1.44	0.15
	性别	0.04	0.58	0.56
	自我导向完美主义	-0.13	-1.89	0.06
	R²			0.01
第3步	年龄	0.16	2.63	0.01
	性别	0.02	0.41	0.68
	自我导向完美主义	-0.07	-1.07	0.29
	尽责性	-0.49	-8.02	0.00
	R²			0.25
第4步	交互作用
	年龄	0.15	2.40	0.02
	性别	0.04	0.69	0.49
	自我导向完美主义	-0.07	-1.17	0.24
	尽责性	-0.47	--.72	0.00
	自我导向完美主义×尽责性	0.16	2.58	0.01
	R²			0.28
	ΔR²			0.02