Tendency to perfectionism and its relationship to academic burnout among gifted students at King Abdullah II Schools of Excellence

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the tendency towards perfectionism and its relationship to academic burnout among gifted students at King Abdullah II Schools for Excellence. In the second semester 2021/2022, the study used the descriptive-relational approach. The researchers used a measure of perfectionism and a measure of Academic burnout, and their validity and reliability were verified after application to an experimental sample. The results of the study showed that the level of the tendency towards perfectionism among the study sample was moderate, and that the level of academic burnout was high. Significant differences were also found between the arithmetic means of Academic burnout, statistically, due to the variable of grade, in favor of the eleventh grade, as well as differences due to gender, in favor of male students.