کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
889876 1472028 2016 4 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
A short empirical note on perfectionism and flourishing
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
نکته تجربی کوتاه درباره کمال و شکوفایی
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی علوم اعصاب رفتاری
چکیده انگلیسی


• A recent publication suggests that perfectionism undermines flourishing.
• We examined perfectionism and flourishing in a sample of university students.
• Socially prescribed perfectionism showed negative relationships with flourishing.
• In contrast, self-oriented perfectionism showed positive relationships.
• Perfectionistic concerns (but not perfectionistic strivings) undermine flourishing.

Flourishing describes an optimal state of mental health characterized by emotional, psychological, and social well-being. In a recent publication, Flett and Hewitt (2015) suggested that perfectionism prevents people from flourishing. Perfectionism, however, is a multidimensional personality characteristic, and its various dimensions show different relationships with indicators of subjective well-being. In the first empirical study of perfectionism and flourishing, we examined the relationships of multidimensional perfectionism (self-oriented, other-oriented, and socially prescribed perfectionism) and self-reported flourishing in the past two weeks. Results from the sample of 388 university students revealed that only socially prescribed perfectionism showed a negative relationship with flourishing, whereas self-oriented perfectionism showed a positive relationship. These results were unchanged when positive and negative affect were controlled statistically. Our findings indicate that not all dimensions of perfectionism undermine flourishing and that it is important to differentiate perfectionistic strivings and concerns when regarding the perfectionism–flourishing relationship.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Personality and Individual Differences - Volume 90, February 2016, Pages 50–53
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