. Vaibhav Kumar; . Sushrut Anarase; . Romi Jain; . Nikhil Bhanushali; . Prachi Salvi; . Liza Ansari
Volume 13, Issue 1 , January 2023, , Pages 1-13
Abstract
BACKGROUND: This exploratory study was done to assess the multidimensional perfectionismtrends among various core and allied health care professionals in a major Indian metropolitan ...
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BACKGROUND: This exploratory study was done to assess the multidimensional perfectionismtrends among various core and allied health care professionals in a major Indian metropolitan city ofwestern India. Unlike other scales, here we considered both individual and intersubjective componentsof perfectionism by introducing three trait dimensions – self‑oriented perfectionism, other‑orientedperfectionism, and socially prescribed perfectionism.MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross‑sectional descriptive type of study was conducted with totalsample consisting of 500 participants with the main motive of evaluation and comparison of themultidimensional perfectionism among interns of the core and allied health care professionals fromfields of medicine, dentistry, ayurveda, and homeopathy residing in the major Indian metropolitancities of western India.RESULTS: This study showed that under the self‑oriented domain, highest mean score is of medicalfaculty (73.97). In other‑oriented domain, dental (62.62) and homeopathy (62.38) professionals havealmost similar mean. Lowest being of ayurveda (61.65) compared to the highest score of the medicalfraternity (67.62). In the socially prescribed domain, medical professionals (65.53) have the highestmean though it is the lowest mean value of the medical faculty compared to other two domains.Chi‑square test is applied to the data for the questions among all the three domains. Correlation hasbeen deduced by applying Pearson’s correlation to the collected data from the study. The degree ofcorrelation between self‑oriented with self‑oriented is 1, self‑oriented with other‑oriented is 0.763,and that of self‑oriented with socially oriented is 0.678.CONCLUSION: Medical professionals scoring maximum in self‑oriented perfectionism compared toother two domains reflect their extreme personal standards. Medical professionals are followed bydental professionals in self oriented perfectionism who are demanded of perfection in their routinepractice. Ayurveda and homeopathy professionals scored better in other‑oriented and sociallyprescribed perfectionism attributing to their sentiments of fulfilling the expectations and demandsof others.