01395nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001260001800042653001800060653001700078653001600095653001400111100002100125700002200146245011100168856006600279300001000345490000700355520081300362022001401175       2016                            d  cjanbElsevier10aPerfectionism10aTest anxiety10aDiscrepancy10aArgentina1 aFernán G. Arana1 aEduardo G. Keegan00aThe relationship between the dimensions of perfectionism and test anxiety in Argentine psychology students  uhttp://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1134793716300100  a33-380 v223 aPerfectionism (adaptive and maladaptive) and test anxiety have been studied separately in the university realm, and there is a paucity of published research examining their relationship, despite evident conceptual links. Since valid and reliable instruments for assessing both constructs are available in Argentina, the relationship between perfectionism and test anxiety was investigated in a sample of 102 students (86 females) through multiple linear regression analysis. Results indicated that the negative dimension of perfectionism, operationalised as a discrepancy, yielded a predictive capacity of 38% in the variability of test anxiety. However, the positive dimensions of perfectionism showed no explanatory power. These results are discussed in terms of their conceptual and clinical implications.  a1134-7937