Personality and Perfectionism: A Review. J. Educ. Manage. Stud., 6(1): 13-19.;

This is a brief review regarding the relationship between personality and perfectionism. What is meant by the words perfectionism? Perfectionism is not necessarily about being perfect. It is the relentless striving for extremely high standards that are personally demanding. Perfectionists are divided into two types, adaptive and maladaptive. It has been found that both adaptive and maladaptive perfectionists have high personal standards, but failing to meet those standards is more stressful for the latter than for the former. Perfectionism is often mistaken for being perfect or doing something perfectly. This review defines perfectionism and identifies both the helpful and the unhelpful aspects of being a perfectionist, and determines in what ways you might be a perfectionist. Perfectionism is one of Raymond Cattell's 16 Personality Factors. According to this construct, people that are organized, compulsive, self-disciplined, socially precise, exacting will power, controlled, and selfsentimental are perfectionists. In the Big Five personality traits, perfectionism is an extreme manifestation of conscientiousness and can provoke increasing neuroticism as the perfectionist's expectations are not met. This brief review focuses on the relationships between the perfectionism and the personality traits. The following recommendation can be made in light of the findings of this review, whose aim was to examine the relationship between perfectionist personal traits and the personality traits. It is therefore recommended to consider both aspects of perfectionism and to concentrate more on the positive aspects of perfectionism.