Understanding Perfectionism And Test Anxiety Among College Students

After Spring Break, it’s common for campus counseling centers to see an uptick in students worried about their academic performance for the semester. Many of these students will report being burdened by high perfectionism and significant test anxiety. A 2023 report by Harvard indicated that levels of perfectionism among college students have consistently risen since 1989, and that 85.4% of participants endorsed perfectionist traits that were…