The Role of Attachment Styles and Perfectionism in Predicting of  Students' Mental Health

Parastoo  Abaspour; Sara  Ahmadi; Seyed Mojtaba  Ahmadi; Seyed Teymur  Seyedi Asl‎

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The Role of Attachment Styles and Perfectionism in Predicting of Students' Mental Health

Author(s):

Parastoo Abaspour¹,

Sara Ahmadi¹,

Seyed Mojtaba Ahmadi²,

Seyed Teymur Seyedi Asl‎^3,*

1President of Student Counseling Office, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah‎, Iran

2Department of Clinical Psychology, School of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah‎, Iran

3Department of Psychology, Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil‎, Iran

Journal of Clinical Research in Paramedical Sciences:Vol. 3, issue 3; e82117

Published online:Oct 15, 2014

Article type:Research Article

Received:Mar 10, 2014

Accepted:Aug 15, 2014

How to Cite:Parastoo AbaspourSara AhmadiSeyed Mojtaba AhmadiSeyed Teymur Seyedi Asl‎The Role of Attachment Styles and Perfectionism in Predicting of Students' Mental Health.J Clin Res Paramed Sci.3(3):e82117.

Abstract

Background: Freshman students are exposed to a variety of psychological problems and disorders. Many factors can have an impact on their mental health. This study was conducted to investigate the role of attachment styles and perfectionism in predicting mental health in the freshman students.
Methods: In this descriptive-analytic study, the population was all freshman students of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences in 2013-2014 academic years (540 students). 481 students (160 male and 321 female) responded to Questioners. The Collins & Read Attachment Style Scale, General Health Questioner (GHQ)and Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (FMPS) were used to collect the data. To analyze the data, descriptive statistics and inferential statistics (Pearson correlation, and step-wise regression) was used.
Results: The results showed that there is a negative significant correlation between mental health with Personal Standards (P<0.01) and Organization (P<0.05). Moreover, a significant but negative correlation was found to exist between the mental health
and Anxious Attachment Style (P<0.01). Finally, regression analysis showed that Anxious Attachment Style, Concern over Mistakes, Personal Standards and Parental Criticism, can predict mental health significantly in freshman students.
Conclusion: Considering the fact that some factors such as Attachment Styles and Perfectionism affects the mental health level of freshman students; therefore, interventions which could target these factors could increase these students’ mental health.

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