Perfectionistic self-presentation mediates the relationship between perfectionistic concerns and subjective well-being: A three-wave longitudinal study

Sean P. Mackinnon; Simon B. Sherry

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2012.02.010

Perfectionistic self-presentation mediates the relationship between perfectionistic concerns and subjective well-being: A three-wave longitudinal study

Sean P. Mackinnon, Simon B. Sherry

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Dimensions of perfectionism are often proposed, but seldom integrated. Perfectionistic concerns and perfectionistic strivings were conceptualized as traits (core, relatively unchanging aspects of personality) and perfectionistic self-presentation as a characteristic adaptation (a contextualized cognitive-behavioral strategy). Theory suggests traits predispose people to engage in corresponding characteristic adaptations, and that perfectionistic concerns confer vulnerability for subjective well-being (SWB). It was hypothesized that perfectionistic concerns - but not perfectionistic strivings - would have an indirect effect on SWB through perfectionistic self-presentation. Young adults (ages 18-24) transitioning into university for the first time (N= 127) participated in a three-wave, 130-day longitudinal study. As hypothesized, perfectionistic self-presentation mediated the relationship between perfectionistic concerns and SWB. In contrast, perfectionistic strivings did not predict longitudinal change in perfectionistic self-presentation or SWB. This research integrates prior theory, and provides a novel test of hypotheses using longitudinal data.

Idioma original	English
Páginas (desde-hasta)	22-28
Número de páginas	7
Publicación	Personality and Individual Differences
Volumen	53
N.º	1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2012.02.010
Estado	Published - jul. 2012

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This manuscript was funded by a grant awarded to Sean Mackinnon, Simon Sherry, and Michael Pratt from the Dalhousie University Department of Psychiatry Research Fund . Sean Mackinnon was supported by a Canada Graduate Scholarship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and an honorary Izaak Walton Killam Level II Scholarship. Simon Sherry was supported by the 2010 H. J. Eysenck Memorial Fund Award. We thank Skye Fitzpatrick, Jamie Fulmore, Chantal Gautreau, Natalie Gyenes, Michelle Hicks, Anna Mackinnon, Matthew MacNeil, and Martin Smith for their valuable research assistance.

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