@article{ref1,
title="Does self-esteem mediate the association between perfectionism and mindfulness among Lebanese university students?",
journal="BMC psychology",
year="2022",
author="Awad, Emmanuelle and Hallit, Souheil and Obeid, Sahar",
volume="10",
number="1",
pages="e256-e256",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the associations between mindfulness, self-esteem and perfectionism in a Lebanese sample of university students, as well as the indirect effect of self-esteem between mindfulness and perfectionism was investigated. <br><br>METHODS: This cross-sectional study was carried out between July and September 2021. A total of 363 university students were recruited through convenience sampling through several universities in Lebanon's governorates. An online survey that included a part that collected sociodemographic information, the Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory to assess mindfulness, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale to assess self-esteem and the Big Three Perfectionism Scale to assess perfectionism was completed by participants. <br><br>RESULTS: Higher self-esteem (Beta = 1.30) was significantly associated with more mindfulness, whereas higher self-critical perfectionism (Beta = - 0.61) was significantly associated with less mindfulness. Self-esteem mediated the association between self-critical and narcissistic perfectionism and mindfulness. More perfectionism was significantly and directly associated with less mindfulness and lower self-esteem, whereas higher self-esteem was significantly associated with more mindfulness. <br><br>CONCLUSION: This study provides valuable findings that enable practitioners to effectively identify people needing interventions to improve psychological health through mindfulness, self-esteem and perfectionism. The conclusions that can be deduced from this study can help educational psychologists and counselors guide university students towards effective mindfulness practices that can increase self-esteem levels and balance maladaptive perfectionism that can cause distress and impairment in the social and academic settings.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2050-7283",
doi="10.1186/s40359-022-00964-9",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40359-022-00964-9"
}