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Perfectionism, Dysfunctional Attitudes, and Self‐Esteem: A Structural Equations Analysis
Author(s) -
Ashby Jeffrey S.,
Rice Kenneth G.
Publication year - 2002
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.1556-6678.2002.tb00183.x
Subject(s) - perfectionism (psychology) , dysfunctional family , psychology , structural equation modeling , self esteem , path analysis (statistics) , confirmatory factor analysis , association (psychology) , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , statistics , mathematics
The researchers in this study examined the association between adaptive and maladaptive dimensions of perfectionism and self‐esteem. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equations modeling were used to develop and test a model derived from theoretical links between perfectionism and self‐esteem. Path models revealed that adaptive perfectionism was positively associated with self‐esteem and maladaptive perfectionism was negatively associated with self‐esteem. Implications of discriminating between adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism in counseling research and practice are discussed.