Maladaptive Perfectionism and Depression: Testing the Mediating Role of Self-Esteem and Internalized Shame in an Australian Domestic and Asian International University Sample
ObjectivesTo assess whether maladaptive perfectionism (parental and intrapersonal), mediated by self-esteem and internalized shame, lead to depressive symptoms, and to identify whether this model was invariant (i.e., structurally unchanged) across groups of Australian domestic and Asian internationa...
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| author | Benjamin Dorevitch Kimberly Buck Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz Lisa Phillips Isabel Krug |
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| description | ObjectivesTo assess whether maladaptive perfectionism (parental and intrapersonal), mediated by self-esteem and internalized shame, lead to depressive symptoms, and to identify whether this model was invariant (i.e., structurally unchanged) across groups of Australian domestic and Asian international students.MethodsA total of 624 (308 Australian domestic and 316 Asian international undergraduate university students) completed a questionnaire on the variables of interest.ResultsAustralian domestic and Asian international students did not significantly differ in reported levels of study variables apart from parental maladaptive perfectionism, on which Australian domestic students scored significantly higher. The proposed path-model differed across student groups, with findings indicating that intrapersonal maladaptive perfectionism impacted indirectly on depressive symptoms through internalized shame in both groups, however, indirectly through self-esteem in only the Asian international student group.ConclusionIntrapersonal maladaptive perfectionism may be a culturally independent process, capable of predisposing all university students to develop depressive symptoms, but that self-esteem may be a particularly relevant mediator of this relationship among Asian international students. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-505f7ff90c1a4298a6750cf66ef9e88d2022-12-22T03:40:31ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782020-06-011110.3389/fpsyg.2020.01272537396Maladaptive Perfectionism and Depression: Testing the Mediating Role of Self-Esteem and Internalized Shame in an Australian Domestic and Asian International University SampleBenjamin Dorevitch0Kimberly Buck1Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz2Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz3Lisa Phillips4Isabel Krug5Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaMelbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaCentre for Social and Early Emotional Development, School of Psychology, Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaSchool of Psychology, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, AustraliaMelbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaMelbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaObjectivesTo assess whether maladaptive perfectionism (parental and intrapersonal), mediated by self-esteem and internalized shame, lead to depressive symptoms, and to identify whether this model was invariant (i.e., structurally unchanged) across groups of Australian domestic and Asian international students.MethodsA total of 624 (308 Australian domestic and 316 Asian international undergraduate university students) completed a questionnaire on the variables of interest.ResultsAustralian domestic and Asian international students did not significantly differ in reported levels of study variables apart from parental maladaptive perfectionism, on which Australian domestic students scored significantly higher. The proposed path-model differed across student groups, with findings indicating that intrapersonal maladaptive perfectionism impacted indirectly on depressive symptoms through internalized shame in both groups, however, indirectly through self-esteem in only the Asian international student group.ConclusionIntrapersonal maladaptive perfectionism may be a culturally independent process, capable of predisposing all university students to develop depressive symptoms, but that self-esteem may be a particularly relevant mediator of this relationship among Asian international students.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01272/fulldepressionperfectionisminternalized shameself-esteeminternational students |
| spellingShingle | Benjamin Dorevitch Kimberly Buck Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz Lisa Phillips Isabel Krug Maladaptive Perfectionism and Depression: Testing the Mediating Role of Self-Esteem and Internalized Shame in an Australian Domestic and Asian International University Sample Frontiers in Psychology depression perfectionism internalized shame self-esteem international students |
| title | Maladaptive Perfectionism and Depression: Testing the Mediating Role of Self-Esteem and Internalized Shame in an Australian Domestic and Asian International University Sample |
| title_full | Maladaptive Perfectionism and Depression: Testing the Mediating Role of Self-Esteem and Internalized Shame in an Australian Domestic and Asian International University Sample |
| title_fullStr | Maladaptive Perfectionism and Depression: Testing the Mediating Role of Self-Esteem and Internalized Shame in an Australian Domestic and Asian International University Sample |
| title_full_unstemmed | Maladaptive Perfectionism and Depression: Testing the Mediating Role of Self-Esteem and Internalized Shame in an Australian Domestic and Asian International University Sample |
| title_short | Maladaptive Perfectionism and Depression: Testing the Mediating Role of Self-Esteem and Internalized Shame in an Australian Domestic and Asian International University Sample |
| title_sort | maladaptive perfectionism and depression testing the mediating role of self esteem and internalized shame in an australian domestic and asian international university sample |
| topic | depression perfectionism internalized shame self-esteem international students |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01272/full |
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