Dimensions of Perfectionism and Self-worth Contingencies in Depression
| Autor: | Paul L. Hewitt, Gordon L. Flett, Susan G. Rudolph, Edward D. Sturman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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media_common.quotation_subject education Self-concept Self-esteem Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Cognition Perfectionism (psychology) medicine.disease_cause humanities Structural equation modeling Clinical Psychology medicine Psychology Association (psychology) Depression (differential diagnoses) Clinical psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy. 27:213-231 |
| ISSN: | 1573-6563 0894-9085 |
| Popis: | The current study investigated the role of contingent self-worth in perfectionism and depression. It was hypothesized that perfectionism is associated with depression because perfectionists base their self-worth on being successful and on the need to be actively working toward their goals. A sample of 170 female university students completed measures of conditional self-worth, perfectionism traits, perfectionism cognitions, and depressive symptoms. Structural equation modeling revealed that a factor interpreted as Evaluative Concerns Perfectionism was associated strongly with contingent self-worth, which was, in turn, related to depressive symptomatology. In addition, contingent self-worth mediated the association between perfectionism cognitions and depression. Other analyses revealed that measures of self-oriented perfectionism that are often viewed as highly similar actually differed in terms of their associations with contingent self-worth. The theoretical and practical implications of the associations between perfectionism and contingent self-worth are discussed. |
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