Comparison of Perfectionism and negative affectability in the patients with coronary artery disease and healthy individuals

Received date: 06 January 2020 Review date: 23 February 2020 Accepted date:25 March 2020 Abstract The present research gets into comparing the psychic factors such as perfectionism, and negative affectivity in patients with coronary artery disease and healthy individuals. For this purpose one hundred and thirty two persons were chosen from among the clients (sixty six patients, sixty six healthy individuals) to Seyyed-al-shohada cardiac Hospital, Taleghani cardiac Hospital, Imam Khomeini Cardiac Hospital and the private doctor offices in the city of Orumieh by means of convenience sampling. Healthy individuals were being chosen from among the patients relatives and Hill’s tests of perfectionism, and the positive and negative affectivity test of PANAS were being carried out on them. For data analysis the MANOVA method was used. The results of the research indicated that there is a significant difference between individuals afflicted with coronary artery disease and the healthy individuals in terms of perfectionism factors and the negative affectivity. It means that perfectionism and the negative affectivity in the individuals afflicted with coronary artery disease is more than healthy individuals. The findings of this research in addition to indicating the influence of variables in patients can introduce valuable approaches toward general health and prevention.