Psychological well-being, life satisfaction, and self-esteem among adaptive perfectionists, maladaptive perfectionists, and nonperfectionists
- Authors
- Park, Hyun-joo; Jeong, Dae Yong
- Issue Date
- Jan-2015
- Publisher
- PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
- Keywords
- Perfectionism; Adaptive perfectionists; Psychological well-being; Life satisfaction; Korean college students
- Citation
- PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES, v.72, pp 165 - 170
- Pages
- 6
- Indexed
- SSCI
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
- Volume
- 72
- Start Page
- 165
- End Page
- 170
- URI
- https://scholarworks.dongguk.edu/handle/sw.dongguk/15068
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.paid.2014.08.031
- ISSN
- 0191-8869
1873-3549
- Abstract
- Using a tripartite model of perfectionism and positive psychology framework, the present study examined patterns of psychological well-being, life satisfaction, and self-esteem across three groups: adaptive perfectionists, maladaptive perfectionists, and nonperfectionists. The participants were 200 college students in South Korea. Cluster analysis confirmed the existence of the three groups, mirroring findings from the previous literature. Adaptive perfectionists reported higher levels of environmental mastery and purpose in life of psychological well-being than nonperfectionists and maladaptive perfectionists. Adaptive perfectionists and nonperfectionists showed higher life satisfaction and self-esteem than maladaptive perfectionists: however, no significant differences between adaptive perfectionists and nonperfectionists were found on these variables. Implications of the findings and directions for future research are discussed. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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