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Resilience Mediates the Relations Between Perfectionism and College Student Distress
Author(s) -
Klibert Jeffrey,
Lamis Dorian A.,
Collins Walt,
Smalley K. Bryant,
Warren Jacob C.,
Yancey C. Thresa,
Winterowd Carrie
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.2014.00132.x
Subject(s) - perfectionism (psychology) , distress , psychology , anxiety , psychological resilience , resilience (materials science) , clinical psychology , depression (economics) , social psychology , psychiatry , physics , macroeconomics , economics , thermodynamics
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.