Do I worry to get the right solution?

Date of Publication

2009

Document Type

Bachelor's Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Educational Psychology

College

Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education

Department/Unit

Counseling and Educational Psychology

Honor/Award

Awarded as best thesis, 2009

Thesis Adviser

Carlo Magno

Defense Panel Chair

Maria Guadalupe C. Salanga

Defense Panel Member

Jerome A. Ouano

Abstract/Summary

The present study tested the original Tri-Belief Cognitive Model by Kelly and Miller (1999) by mediating worry as perfectionism explains the variation in right solution. It was hypothesized in the study that worry serves as link in the effect of perfectionism to right solution. The effect of worry to right solution is explained by the tri-belief cognitive model. Perfectionism was included in the model because worriers experience it and some studies support its effect on right solution. In order to verify the hypothesis, the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale, Penn State Worry Questionnaire, and Right Solution Scale were administered to 391 undergraduate students from a private university. The Pearson r correlation was done to establish first the relationships of perfectionism factors, worry, and right solution. Worry was tested as a mediator between the relationship of each perfectionism factor on right solution by following the four-steps devised by Baron and Kenny (1986). Results showed that worry is a partial mediator of concern over mistakes to right solution, and a full mediator of personal standards to right solution. Based on the findings, four new premises were derived for the tri-belief cognitive model of worry.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Print

Accession Number

TU15104

Shelf Location

Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F Henry Sy Sr. Hall

Physical Description

iv, 50 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm.

Keywords

Perfectionism (Personality trait); Worry; Anxiety; Problem solving

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