كليدواژه :
سلامت رواني , كمال گرايي , درماندگي , بهزيستي روانشناختي
چكيده لاتين :
The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between perfectionism and mental health in a sample of students. A correlational analysis was performed to assess the kind of association existing among two types of perfectionism including positive perfectionism and negative perfectionism with mental health subscales including psychological well-being and psychological distress. One hundred and eighty five students (92 girls, 85 boys, 8 unknown) were included in this study. All participants were asked to comlete the Farsi version of the Positive and Negative Perfectionism Scale (FPANPS) and Mental Health Inventory (MHI-28). Analysis of the data involved both descriptive and inferential statistics includingmeans, standard deviations, analysis of variance, pearsonʹs correlation coefficient, and regression analyses. The results revealed that positive perfectionism was positively associatied with psychological well-being and negatively associated with psychological distress. The results aslo revealed that negative perfectionism was negatively associated with psychological well-being and
positively associated with psychological distress. Positive perfectionism is supposed in to influence levels of mental health through enhancement of self-esteem and self-confidence and characteristics such as realistic thinking, acceptance ofpersonal limitations, flexibility, and satisfaction from personal performance. Conversly, negative perfectionism is supposed to decrease levels of mental health through reducing self-esteem and self-confidence, as well as characteristics such as unrealistic thinking, unacceptance of personal limitations, inflexibility, and dissatisfaction from personal performance. Keywords: perfectionism, mental health, psychological well-being, psychological distress
