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How Adaptive and Maladaptive Perfectionism Affect Psychological Well-Being among University Students: The Mediating Role of Procrastination
Abstract
The principal purpose of the present study is to investigate the mediating role of general and academic procrastination in the relationship between adaptive/maladaptive perfectionism and psychological well-being among university students. The sample comprises 335 undergraduate students, selected through a convenient sampling method. The instruments utilized to gather data included the Almost Perfect Scale-Revised, General Procrastination Inventory, Aitken Academic Procrastination Inventory, and Psychological Well-Being Scale. In order to test the hypotheses put forward in the research, two separate parallel mediation analyses were performed. The results revealed that general procrastination fully mediated the relationship between adaptive perfectionism and psychological well-being. Furthermore, general procrastination has a partial mediating effect in the relationship between maladaptive perfectionism and psychological well-being. The mediating role of academic procrastination was not statistically significant in the mediation model for both dimensions of perfectionism. The results also provide robust evidence to confirm the assumption that adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism are distinct constructs and that these constructs affect psychological outcomes differently. The implications for counselors and mental health professionals, as well as future research directions, are discussed in light of the existing literature and the limitations of the study. Recommendations are then made.
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Supporting Institution
This study has been supported by Marmara University Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit under grant number EGT-D-050608-0156.
Project Number
EGT-D-050608-0156
Ethical Statement
I declare that the research was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. The study approved by Social and Humanities Research and Publication Ethics Committee of Necmettin Erbakan University.
Thanks
I am grateful to Marmara University Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit for the funding of this study.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Personality and Individual Differences
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Müge Akbağ
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0000-0003-0507-9072
Türkiye
Early Pub Date
June 24, 2024
Publication Date
June 28, 2024
Submission Date
May 5, 2024
Acceptance Date
June 12, 2024
Published in Issue
Year 1970 Volume: 8 Number: 1
APA
Akbağ, M. (2024). How Adaptive and Maladaptive Perfectionism Affect Psychological Well-Being among University Students: The Mediating Role of Procrastination. Research on Education and Psychology, 8(1), 226-252. https://doi.org/10.54535/rep.1478695
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