Profiling of Perfectionism among Gifted and Talented Students in Kolej Genius Insan

Perfectionism is a personality trait characterized by a person’s striving for flawlessness and setting high performance standards, accompanied by critical self-evaluations and concerns regarding others’ evaluations. This study was conducted to profile the level of perfectionism among muslim gifted and talented students in one of the gifted institution located in Negeri Sembilan,Malaysia. 41 students were involved in this study and the participants responded to an instrument, which is the FrostMultidimensional Perfectionism Scale(FMPS). Using the SPSS Version 20.0 software, quantitative data were analysed descriptively and inferentially. Confirmatory factoranalyzes supported a six subscales of perfectionism that includes constructs of Concern Over Mistakes (CM), Personal Standards (PS), Parental Expectations (PE), Parental Critism (PC), Doubts about Actions (D) and Organizations (O).This study predicted that most of students will possess higher personal standards and concern about mistakes and doubts actions. This study suggest that repeated scientific studies of greater perfectionism among the gifted and talented students may be a result of differential labeling pattern of maladaptive behaviors when shown by gifted and talented students.