Resilience Mediates the Relations Between Perfectionism and College Student Distress |
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| Authors: | Jeffrey Klibert Dorian A Lamis Walt Collins K Bryant Smalley Jacob C Warren C Thresa Yancey Carrie Winterowd |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Psychology, Georgia Southern University.;2. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine.;3. Department of Public Health, Georgia Southern University.;4. Now at Department of Community Medicine, Mercer University.;5. Department of Education, Oklahoma State University. |
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| Abstract: | This study examined the relations among perfectionism dimensions, resilience, and distress. Participants were 413 undergraduate students. All 3 of Hewitt and Flett's (2004) dimensions of perfectionism were associated with greater reports of depression and anxiety; however, only socially prescribed perfectionism was significantly associated with resilience. Results indicated that resilience partially mediated the relations between socially prescribed perfectionism and distress. Implications for counselors in the prevention, assessment, and treatment of depression and anxiety are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | perfectionism resilience distress depression anxiety |
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