Perfeccionismo desadaptativo e ansiedade cognitiva face a provas em universitários brasileiros: o papel do sexo e da idade

Paulo Gregório Nascimento Nascimento da Silva; Lívia Maria Gonçalves Leal Dantas; Thiago Coutinho Freitas de Oliveira; Ana Maria Gomes Barbosa; Ana Carolina Martins Monteiro Silva; Tiago Geraldo de Azevedo; Emerson Diógenes de Medeiros; Marco Antônio  Silva Alvarenga

doi:10.31211/rpics.2025.11.1.368

Autores

Paulo Gregório Nascimento Nascimento da Silva Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei - UFSJ, Departamento de Psicologia, São João del-Rei, Minas Gerais, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2878-309X
Lívia Maria Gonçalves Leal Dantas Universidade Federal do Delta do Parnaíba - UFDPar
Thiago Coutinho Freitas de Oliveira Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei - UFSJ https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9889-7756
Ana Maria Gomes Barbosa Universidade Estadual do Piauí – UESPI, campus Prof. Antônio Giovanni Alves de Sousa, Piripiri, Brasil,Universidade Estadual do Piauí – UESPI, campus Prof. Antônio Giovanni Alves de Sousa, Piripiri, Brasil https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6075-4962
Ana Carolina Martins Monteiro Silva Universidade Federal do Delta do Parnaíba - UFDPar, Departamento de Psicologia, Parnaíba, Piauí, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8913-2645
Tiago Geraldo de Azevedo Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei - UFSJ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0392-3463
Emerson Diógenes de Medeiros Universidade Federal do Delta do Parnaíba - UFDPar, Departamento de Psicologia, Parnaíba, Piauí, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1407-3433
Marco Antônio Silva Alvarenga Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei - UFSJ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1168-5733

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31211/rpics.2025.11.1.368

Palavras-chave:

Ansiedade cognitiva face a provas, Perfeccionismo desadaptativo, Estudantes universitários, Diferenças de sexo, Estudo transversal

Resumo

Objetivo: Este estudo investigou em que medida o traço de personalidade perfeccionismo desadaptativo prediz a ansiedade cognitiva face a provas, controlando os efeitos das variáveis sexo e idade, em estudantes universitários do interior do Piauí Métodos: Participaram 224 estudantes universitários da cidade de Piripiri, Piauí, nordeste brasileiro (M_idade = 24,48; DP = 6,14), sendo a maioria mulheres (77,7%), de instituições públicas (70,1%), e cursando principalmente Pedagogia (37,6%), Química (11,6) e Direito (8,9%). Aplicaram-se a versão breve da Escala de Quase Perfeição, a Escala de Ansiedade Cognitiva de Provas e um questionário sociodemográfico. Resultados: A regressão linear múltipla hierárquica indicou o perfeccionismo desadaptativo (b = 0,56; p < 0,001) e o sexo (b = -0,20; p < 0,001) como preditores significativos da ansiedade cognitiva, explicando cerca de 39% da variância total. Conclusões: Os resultados sugerem que níveis mais elevados de perfeccionismo desadaptativo se associam a maior ansiedade cognitiva em situações avaliativas, sobretudo em mulheres. Destaca-se a relevância de investigações futuras que explorem os mecanismos subjacentes a esta associação em populações universitárias.

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