Perfectionism, rumination and psychological distress in academic settings
(2019) PSYP02 20191Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- Trait perfectionism has been linked with repetitive negative cognitions, which have been shown to influence psychological distress. This study examined if experiencing evaluation threat in the form of a demanding scholarship status will have any impact on the relationships between these factors. Sixty-seven (67.2% female) university students filled out self-report questionnaires on perfectionism, rumination and psychological distress (depression, anxiety and stress).
Rumination, a core repetitive negative thinking mechanism, was a significant mediator between perfectionism and distress. Additionally, there was a small but non-significant trend of the interacting role of scholarship status between perfectionism and distress. The results... (More) - Trait perfectionism has been linked with repetitive negative cognitions, which have been shown to influence psychological distress. This study examined if experiencing evaluation threat in the form of a demanding scholarship status will have any impact on the relationships between these factors. Sixty-seven (67.2% female) university students filled out self-report questionnaires on perfectionism, rumination and psychological distress (depression, anxiety and stress).
Rumination, a core repetitive negative thinking mechanism, was a significant mediator between perfectionism and distress. Additionally, there was a small but non-significant trend of the interacting role of scholarship status between perfectionism and distress. The results suggest that scholarship status as an evaluative threat may have some limited impact on perfectionism and distress in students. (Less)
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- author
- Bahtiri, Shegë LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- PSYP02 20191
- year
- 2019
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- perfectionism, rumination, psychological distress, scholarship status, academic settings
- language
- English
- id
- 8995112
- date added to LUP
- 2019-10-11 11:23:50
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abstract = {{Trait perfectionism has been linked with repetitive negative cognitions, which have been shown to influence psychological distress. This study examined if experiencing evaluation threat in the form of a demanding scholarship status will have any impact on the relationships between these factors. Sixty-seven (67.2% female) university students filled out self-report questionnaires on perfectionism, rumination and psychological distress (depression, anxiety and stress).
Rumination, a core repetitive negative thinking mechanism, was a significant mediator between perfectionism and distress. Additionally, there was a small but non-significant trend of the interacting role of scholarship status between perfectionism and distress. The results suggest that scholarship status as an evaluative threat may have some limited impact on perfectionism and distress in students.}},
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Perfectionism, rumination and psychological distress in academic settings}},
year = {{2019}},
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