Dimensions of Perfectionism, Unconditional Self-Acceptance, and Depression |
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Authors: | Gordon L Flett Avi Besser Richard A Davis Paul L Hewitt |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada;(2) York University, Canada;(3) University of British Columbia, Canada |
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Abstract: | The current research investigated the associations among dimensions of perfectionism, unconditional self-acceptance, and self-reported depression. A sample of 94 students completed the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale, the Unconditional Self-Acceptance Questionnaire, and a self-report depression measure. Correlational results indicated that all three trait dimensions of perfectionism (i.e., self-oriented, other-oriented, and socially prescribed perfectionism) were associated negatively with unconditional self-acceptance. Also, as expected, depression was associated with relatively low unconditional self-acceptance. Finally, a path analysis revealed that unconditional self-acceptance mediated the association between socially prescribed perfectionism and depression, and other-oriented perfectionism was found to affect depression only indirectly through its association with low levels of self-acceptance. The findings indicate that perfectionists evaluate themselves in terms of a contingent sense of self-worth, and as such, they are vulnerable to psychological distress when they experience negative events that do not affirm their self-worth. |
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Keywords: | perfectionism depression self-acceptance self-worth |
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