Stoeber Joachim, Rountree Margaret L
School of Psychology, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
Dyslexia. 2021 Feb;27(1):62-78. doi: 10.1002/dys.1666. Epub 2020 Aug 17.
Dyslexia is a prevalent condition, and a significant percentage of students in higher education are dyslexic. Despite this, few studies have investigated dyslexia in university students and what personality dispositions may predict how students feel about help-seeking for dyslexia and how they cope with dyslexia. Against this background, the present study investigated perfectionism, self-stigma, and coping in 115 university students with dyslexia, examining the relationships between dispositional perfectionism (self-oriented and socially prescribed perfectionism) and perfectionistic self-presentation with self-stigma of seeking help and adaptive versus maladaptive coping with dyslexia. Results from regression and mediation analyses showed that perfectionistic self-presentation predicted higher levels of self-stigma and maladaptive coping, and lower levels of adaptive coping. Furthermore, both forms of dispositional perfectionism predicted higher levels of self-stigma and maladaptive coping, and lower levels of adaptive coping, via perfectionistic self-presentation (dispositional perfectionism→perfectionistic self-presentation → self-stigma and coping). The findings suggest that perfectionistic self-presentation plays a central role in the relationships of perfectionism, self-stigma, and coping in students with dyslexia, and that impression management, aimed at presenting a perfect self-image (and hiding imperfections), represents a significant risk for students seeking help for, and successful coping with, dyslexia.
阅读障碍是一种普遍存在的状况，高等教育中有相当比例的学生患有阅读障碍。尽管如此，很少有研究调查大学生中的阅读障碍情况，以及哪些人格特质可能预测学生对寻求阅读障碍帮助的感受，以及他们如何应对阅读障碍。在此背景下，本研究调查了115名患有阅读障碍的大学生的完美主义、自我污名化和应对方式，考察了特质完美主义（自我导向型和社会规定型完美主义）和完美主义自我呈现与寻求帮助的自我污名化以及应对阅读障碍的适应性与非适应性方式之间的关系。回归分析和中介分析结果表明，完美主义自我呈现预示着更高水平的自我污名化和非适应性应对方式，以及更低水平的适应性应对方式。此外，两种形式的特质完美主义都通过完美主义自我呈现预示着更高水平的自我污名化和非适应性应对方式，以及更低水平的适应性应对方式（特质完美主义→完美主义自我呈现→自我污名化和应对方式）。研究结果表明，完美主义自我呈现在阅读障碍学生的完美主义、自我污名化和应对方式的关系中起着核心作用，旨在呈现完美自我形象（并隐藏缺陷）的印象管理，对寻求阅读障碍帮助并成功应对的学生来说是一个重大风险。
