Psychological well-being, life satisfaction, and self-esteem among adaptive perfectionists, maladaptive perfectionists, and nonperfectionists

Hyun Joo Park, Dae Yong Jeong

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Abstract

Using a tripartite model of perfectionism and positive psychology framework, the present study examined patterns of psychological well-being, life satisfaction, and self-esteem across three groups: adaptive perfectionists, maladaptive perfectionists, and nonperfectionists. The participants were 200 college students in South Korea. Cluster analysis confirmed the existence of the three groups, mirroring findings from the previous literature. Adaptive perfectionists reported higher levels of environmental mastery and purpose in life of psychological well-being than nonperfectionists and maladaptive perfectionists. Adaptive perfectionists and nonperfectionists showed higher life satisfaction and self-esteem than maladaptive perfectionists; however, no significant differences between adaptive perfectionists and nonperfectionists were found on these variables. Implications of the findings and directions for future research are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)165-170
Number of pages6
JournalPersonality and Individual Differences
Volume72
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2015

Keywords

  • Adaptive perfectionists
  • Korean college students
  • Life satisfaction
  • Perfectionism
  • Psychological well-being

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