The Relationship between Perfectionism and Academic Achievement, Depression and Anxiety

Hamidreza Roohafza; Hamid Afshar; Masoumeh Sadeghi; Bahram Soleymani; Alireza Saadaty; Mohammad Matinpour; Ghorbanali Asadollahi

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The Relationship between Perfectionism and Academic Achievement, Depression and Anxiety

Author(s):

Hamidreza Roohafza^1,*,

Hamid Afshar²,

Masoumeh Sadeghi²,

Bahram Soleymani³,

Alireza Saadaty⁴,

Mohammad Matinpour⁵,

Ghorbanali Asadollahi⁶

1Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

2Mental Health Department, Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

3Biostatistics and Epidemiology Department, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

4Social Services & Health Care System, State Welfare Organization, Iran

5COX Institute of Research and Development in Biomedical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

6Department of psychiatry, Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan, Iran

IJ Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences:Vol. 4, issue 2; 31-6

Published online:Dec 31, 2010

Article type:Research Article

Received:Aug 09, 2009

Accepted:Jul 14, 2010

How to Cite: Hamidreza RoohafzaHamid AfsharMasoumeh SadeghiBahram SoleymaniAlireza SaadatyMohammad MatinpourGhorbanali Asadollahiet al.The Relationship between Perfectionism and Academic Achievement, Depression and Anxiety.Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci.4(2):31-6.https://doi.org/31-6.

Abstract

Objective: In Iran few studies have investigated the association among the dimensions of perfectionism with the academic achievement and other psychopathologies, such as depression and anxiety. This study has investigated these relationships in an Iranian school-age sample.

Methods: Using multistage cluster random sampling, 793 students completed the questionnaire anonymously in the classroom in 2007. The positive and negative perfectionism scale, the Revised Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale, the Children’s Depression Inventory, and term point average (academic achievement) were assessed. Data was analyzed with descriptive statistics and multiple linear regressions, using SPSS.

Results: Negative and positive perfectionisms were found to be positive and negative predictors, respectively, for depression (p<0.001) and anxiety (p<0.001) and conversely, negative and positive predictors for academic achievement, respectively (p<0.001).

Conclusion: Distinguishing positive and negative aspects of perfectionism is important in understanding the implications of perfectionism on academic achievement. Our findings indicate that although we must take care of unhealthy and neurotic consequences of negative perfectionism, such as depression and anxiety, which may have negative effects on academic achievement, but positive striving for perfection can help the students to improve their academic achievement.

Declaration of interest: None.

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