Thesis Title: Academic Perfectionism, Academic Rumination and Academic Engagement in University Students
Student Name: Sammer Tahira
Supervisor: Maria Ghazal
Degree: BS
Year: 2014-2018
Department: Institute of Applied Psychology
University: Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan
Corresponding Address: Department of Applied Psychology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. Email: chairperson@appsy.pu.edu.pk, Phone: 92-42-9231245
Abstract
The current study explored the relationship between academic perfectionism, academic rumination and academic engagement in university students. It was hypothesized that academic perfectionism would have a significant positive relationship with academic rumination and significant negative relationship with academic engagement whereas; academic rumination also would have significant negative relationship with academic engagement. It was also hypothesized that academic rumination would significantly moderate the relationship between academic perfectionism and academic engagement. The sample comprised of 200 university students (N = 200: n = 100 male, n = 100 female) with age range 19 to 25 years. Urdu versions of Academic Perfectionism Scale (Malik & Ghayas, 2016), Multi-domain Rumination Scale (Martin, 1999) and Academic Engagement Scale (Petričević, Golub & Rovan, 2016) were employed for data collection from two universities of Lahore. The results revealed significant negative correlation between academic perfectionism and academic rumination. Whereas, significant positive relationship was found between academic perfectionism and academic rumination. Moreover, academic rumination was revealed to be a significant moderator for relationship between academic perfectionism and academic engagement. The current research might be helpful to highlight the importance of academic perfectionism, academic rumination and academic engagement in academic settings to improve policies and counselling interventions.
Keywords: Academic perfectionism, academic rumination, academic engagement.
