Anxiety and dimensions of perfectionism in first year college students: The mediating role of mindfulness |
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Affiliation: | 1. Self and Identity Development Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Babeş-Bolyai University, Republicii 37, 400015 Cluj-Napoca, Romania;2. School of Psychology, University of Kent, Keynes College, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NP, United Kingdom;1. Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, 1355 Oxford Street, PO Box 15000, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H4R2, Canada;2. Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, 5909 Veteran’s Memorial Lane, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H2E2, Canada;3. Mental Health Outpatient Programs, St. Joseph’s Care Group, 710 Victoria Avenue East, Thunder Bay, Ontario P7C5P7, Canada |
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Abstract: | IntroductionAnxiety and perfectionism affect academic success of college students. Mindfulness is associated with decrease anxiety and perfectionism among college students.ObjectiveThis study evaluates the mediating role of dispositional mindfulness on the relationship between adaptive and maladaptive dimensions of perfectionism and anxiety in first year college students.MethodThe subjects, 283 first year college students (59.5% girls), completed self-reported measures of anxiety, perfectionism and dispositional mindfulness.ResultsOur results show that maladaptive perfectionism is associated with greater anxiety, and a higher dispositional mindfulness score is associated with less anxiety symptoms. Also, mindfulness mediates the relationship between maladaptive perfectionism and anxiety symptoms, especially in girls. When the shared variance of maladaptive and adaptive perfectionism is statistically controlled, adaptive perfectionism is associated with anxiety symptoms in boys and mindfulness in girls.ConclusionThis study confirms the mediating role of mindfulness on the relation between maladaptive perfectionism and anxiety. Gender differences, limits of the mindfulness measure and future research are discussed. |
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Keywords: | Anxiety Perfectionism Mindfulness First year college students Anxiété Perfectionnisme Pleine conscience Étudiants collégiaux de première année |
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