Perfectionism and coping styles with stress

Subject Areas : روان درمانگری

Mohammad Ali Besharat ¹ , Hossein Nadali ² , Azra Zebardast ³ , Maryam Salehi ⁴

1 - PhD University of Tehran
2 - M. A. in Psychology
3 - M. A. in Psychology
4 - M. A. in Psychology

Received: 2015-06-05 Accepted : 2015-06-05 Published : 2008-09-22

Keywords: perfectionism, Stress, coping,

Abstract :

In order to examine the relationship between perfectionism and coping with stress, 195 girls and 183 boys college students (age mean=22 years) answered a Farsi version of the Positive and Negative Perfectionism Scale (Terry–Short, Owens, Slade, & Dewey, 1995) and the Tehran Coping Styles Scale (Besharat, 2008). The results revealed that positive perfectionism was positively associated with problem-focused and positive emotion-focused coping styles, and negatively correlated with problem focused and negative emotion-focused coping style. Negative perfectionism had the negative correlation with these styles. Improvement of coping strategies based on positive/negative motivational dynamics, the negative interaction/opposition of idealism-realism testing, satisfaction/dissatisfaction with personal performance, generalization of adaptive/maladaptive interaction with parents, and optimism/pessimism are discussed.