Further Evidence on the "Costs of Privilege": Perfectionism in High-Achieving Youth at Socioeconomic Extremes

Autor/inn/en	Lyman, Emily L.; Luthar, Suniya S.
Titel	Further Evidence on the "Costs of Privilege": Perfectionism in High-Achieving Youth at Socioeconomic Extremes
Quelle	In: Psychology in the Schools, 51 (2014) 9, S.913-930 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0033-3085
DOI	10.1002/pits.21791
Schlagwörter	Academically Gifted; Grade 11; Grade 12; High School Students; Socioeconomic Status; Social Differences; Low Income Groups; Magnet Schools; Adjustment (to Environment); Psychological Patterns; Anxiety; Parent Influence; Self Concept; At Risk Persons; Substance Abuse; Gender Differences; Human Body; Resilience (Psychology); Parent Child Relationship; Mothers; Stress Management; Stress Variables; Symptoms (Individual Disorders) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; School year 12; 12. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 12; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Sozialer Unterschied; Angst; Selbstkonzept; Risikogruppe; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Geschlechterkonflikt; Menschlicher Körper; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Mother; Mutter; Stressmanagement; Stressbewältigung; Psychiatrische Symptomatik
Abstract	This study involved two academically-gifted samples of 11th and 12th grade youth at the socioeconomic status (SES) extremes; one from an exclusive private, affluent school, and the other from a magnet school with low-income students. Negative and positive adjustment outcomes were examined in relation to multiple dimensions of perfectionism including perceived parental pressures to be perfect, personal perfectionistic self-presentation, and envy of peers. The low-income students showed some areas of relative vulnerability, but when large group differences were found, it was the affluent youth who were at a disadvantage, with substantially higher substance use and peer envy. Affluent girls seemed particularly vulnerable, with pronounced elevations in perfectionistic tendencies, peer envy, as well as body dissatisfaction. Examination of risk and protective processes showed that relationships with mothers were associated with students' distress as well as positive adjustment. Additionally, findings showed links between (a) envy of peers and multiple outcomes (among high SES girls in particular), (b) dimensions of perfectionism in relation to internalizing symptoms, and (c) high extrinsic versus intrinsic values in relation to externalizing symptoms. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10