Relationship between perfectionism and depression in college students:mediation of self-esteem / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the mediation effect of self-esteem on the relationship between perfectionism and depression in college students.Methods Totally 292 college students completed Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (FMPS),Hewitt Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (HMPS),Slaney Almost Perfect Scale-Revised (APS-R),Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale (SES) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI).Results Maladaptive perfectionism was positively correlated with depression (r =0.54,P ＜ 0.01),and negatively correlated with self-esteem (r =-0.55,P ＜ 0.01).Adaptive perfectionism was not correlated with depression (r =-0.09,P ＞ 0.05),and was positively correlated with self-esteem (r =0.36,P ＜0.01).Self-esteem partially mediated the association between maladaptive perfectionism and depression.The partial mediation effect was significant (P ＜0.05).The mediation model fitted the data well (GFI =0.986,CFI =0.988,NFI =0.981,TLI =0.970,RMSEA =0.075).Conclusion Self-esteem has partially mediating effect on perfectionism and depression.