(2022) Science and education, 4, 17-23. Odessa.

Mykyta Babchuk,
Postgraduate Student at the Department of Theory and Methods of Practical Psychology,
The State Institution “South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K. D. Ushynsky”,
4, Fontanska Str., Odessa, Ukraine
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8725-799X

PERFECTIONISM OF THE PERSONALITY AS THE BASIS OF IMPROVING THE IMAGE OF THE PHYSICAL SELF

The article examines personality perfectionism as a basis for improving the image of the physical self. A thoroughly conducted analysis of scientific literature shows that at the current stage of the development of psychological science, the study of perfectionism determines the growth of interest of scientists in the direction of elucidating the content and structure of this phenomenon. At the same time, perfectionism is understood as «the belief that perfection, both one’s own and someone else’s, is the goal to which a person should strive, and a perfectionist is «a person who strives to be better in all aspects of his life. We consider perfectionism as a personality trait, which allows us to talk about the possibility of different degrees of its expression in the future. Modern psychologists distinguish the phenomenon of physical perfectionism as an independent parameter of personality perfectionism. We believe that the desire for physical perfection is caused by the influence of socially determined perfectionism on the image of the physical self of an individual. Therefore, the study of the influence of perfectionism on personal satisfaction with the image of the physical self is an actual direction of research within the framework of a person-oriented approach, which allows to compensate for the research gap in the study of the specified problem. At this stage of the research, we are solving the task of substantiating the significance of perfectionism as a personal basis for improving the image of the physical self and empirically verifying the relationship between indicators of perfectionism, physical perfectionism, and body image. The psychodiagnostic complex consisted of: “Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale”, “Body Image Questionnaire”, “Physical Perfectionism Scale”. The conducted correlation analysis made it possible to prove the presence of significant relationships between the body image indicator, perfectionism and physical perfectionism indicators. The next step was the construction of profiles, which made it possible to highlight the psychological features of perfectionism and physical perfectionism in groups with a disturbed body image and a normal body image.

perfectionism, personality, physical perfectionism, physical self-image.

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