An investigation of social skills in children with different perfectionism levels

The purpose of this study is to analyze social skills in children with different perfectionism. The participants were 514 (254 females and 260 males) elementary school students. Data were collected from "multidimensional perfectionism scale" and "Matson evaluation of social skills with youngsters" . In order to analyze data, t test were employed. In the study it was found that average positive social skill scores according to perfectionism levels did not significantly vary. Furthermore, it was found that average negative social behaviors scores according to perfectionism levels significantly varied and average negative social behavior scores of the children with high levels of perfectionism were higher than those of the children with low levels of perfectionism. © 2011 Academic Journals.