Introducing the relationship between perfectionism and trait anxietyin fifth semester students of scientific training and law fields in the Islamic Azad University of Sari in educational year 2011-2012

This research has studiedthe relationship between perfectionism and trait anxietyin fifthsemester students of scientific training and law fields in the Islamic Azad University of Sariin educational year 92-93. Sample size determination was achieved 44 individuals accordingto Cochran formula. Survey and documentation method was used in this study andquestionnaire was applied to collecting data.. Hypothesis test finding shows that there issignificant difference between perfectionism and male and female students, in comparisonbetween the male and female it was determined that the rate of the perfectionism in maleismore than that of women, and consequently the rate of trait anxiety in male was higher thanthat of female. Correlation coefficient between student's perfectionism and trait anxiety was(0.37) in nature, while it was meaningful at the level of five per cent. In other words, therewas a positive and direct relationship between variables, trait anxiety and perfectionism,which proved that increasing perfectionism lead to high amount of trait anxiety in thestudents.

Keywords:

Perfectionism , Trait anxiety , Sari Azad University