The Influence of Environmental Quality on Life-History Strategies and the Development of Perfectionism

Si Hyun Park, Jaehee Kim, Kayleen Cho and Aiden Kim
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Si Hyun Park: Chadwick International School, 45 Art center-daero 97beon-gil, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, 22002, South Korea
Jaehee Kim: North London Collegiate School Jeju, 33 Globaleduro 145 beongil, Daejeongeup Seogwipo-si, Jeju-do, 63644, South Korea
Kayleen Cho: Deerfield Academy, 7 Boyden Ln, Deerfield, MA 01342, USA
Aiden Kim: Andover Collegiate Academy 410, Hyoryeong-ro, Seocho-gu, Seoul, Korea

Technium Social Sciences Journal, 2025, vol. 76, issue 1, 275-280

Abstract: This paper investigates the following research question: “How do harsh and safe environments shape life-history strategies, and how do these strategies affect the development of perfectionism?”. Driven by our interests in evolutionary psychology, we wanted to explore the effects of environmental quality on life-history strategies, and thus the influence of life-history strategies on perfectionism. Our study aligns with our hypothesis that individuals raised in safe, stable, and resource-rich environments would adopt slower life-history strategies, leading to higher levels of perfectionistic traits, and that individuals raised in unpredictable, unstable, and resource-scarce environments would adopt fast life-history strategies, leading to lower levels of perfectionistic traits. Our findings suggest that perfectionism may reflect an evolved psychological strategy shaped by early environmental conditions (byproduct of the secure and affluent environment), rather than being a fixed personality trait.

Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.47577/tssj.v76i1.13294

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