Citation

Chang EC. Cognit. Ther. Res. 2002; 26(5): 581-595.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1023/A:1020329625158

PMID

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Abstract

An integrative model in which perfectionism and social problem solving were hypothesized to have additive and interactive effects in predicting psychological maladjustment (viz., depressive symptoms and suicide ideation) was proposed and tested in a sample of 371 college students.

RESULTS of hierarchical regression analyses indicated that social problem solving added significant incremental validity in predicting scores on measures of depressive symptoms and suicide ideation beyond what was accounted for by perfectionism. Moreover, a significant Perfectionism × Social Problem Solving interaction was found in predicting each of the maladjustment measures after accounting for the influences of both perfectionism and social problem solving. These results are taken to provide preliminary support for an additive and interactive prediction model of psychological maladjustment involving perfectionism and social problem solving.

Language: en

Keywords

adult; article; college student; controlled study; depression; depressive symptoms; disease association; female; human; major clinical study; maladjustment; male; perfectionism; prediction; social problem; social problem solving; suicide; suicide ideation; symptom