Perfectionism and Psychological Distress among Chinese Judg-es: Do Age and Gender Make a Difference?
Background: Judges may experience mental health problems, which reduces their performance in juridical cases, and constitutes a great threat to both the authority of law and social justice. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of psychological distress among judges and examine the effect of per...
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| description | Background: Judges may experience mental health problems, which reduces their performance in juridical cases, and constitutes a great threat to both the authority of law and social justice. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of psychological distress among judges and examine the effect of perfectionism on psychological distress with age and gender as the moderators.
Methods: This survey was carried out in person with 565 Chinese judges in 2016, using the Almost Perfect Scale-Revised and the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale. The effects of perfectionism on psychological distress was explored by Structural Equation Model (SEM), and the moderating effects of age and gender were tested by Multi-group analysis.
Results: Psychological distress was reported by 89.20% of the judges surveyed. Discrepancy had a significant positive effect on psychological distress, but order had a significant negative effect on psychological distress, with high standards exerting no significant effect. Age had a significant moderating effect, whereas the moderating effect of gender was not significant.
Conclusion: The three dimensions of perfectionism exerted different effects on psychological distress of Chinese judges, and the relationships were moderated by age. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-71f1b31bf2f54c71912703dd49732ed72022-12-21T20:05:55ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesIranian Journal of Public Health2251-60852251-60932021-10-015011Perfectionism and Psychological Distress among Chinese Judg-es: Do Age and Gender Make a Difference?Wenwen Kong0Hui Wang1Jianmei Zhang2Danhong Shen3Danjun Feng41. School of Nursing and Rehabilitation, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China 2. Hospital of Stomatology, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250012, ChinaSchool of Nursing and Rehabilitation, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, ChinaCollege of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Linyi University, Linyi, Shandong 276000, ChinaThe First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, ChinaSchool of Nursing and Rehabilitation, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, ChinaBackground: Judges may experience mental health problems, which reduces their performance in juridical cases, and constitutes a great threat to both the authority of law and social justice. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of psychological distress among judges and examine the effect of perfectionism on psychological distress with age and gender as the moderators. Methods: This survey was carried out in person with 565 Chinese judges in 2016, using the Almost Perfect Scale-Revised and the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale. The effects of perfectionism on psychological distress was explored by Structural Equation Model (SEM), and the moderating effects of age and gender were tested by Multi-group analysis. Results: Psychological distress was reported by 89.20% of the judges surveyed. Discrepancy had a significant positive effect on psychological distress, but order had a significant negative effect on psychological distress, with high standards exerting no significant effect. Age had a significant moderating effect, whereas the moderating effect of gender was not significant. Conclusion: The three dimensions of perfectionism exerted different effects on psychological distress of Chinese judges, and the relationships were moderated by age.https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/19019JudgeMental healthPerfectionismModerating effectChina |
| spellingShingle | Wenwen Kong Hui Wang Jianmei Zhang Danhong Shen Danjun Feng Perfectionism and Psychological Distress among Chinese Judg-es: Do Age and Gender Make a Difference? Iranian Journal of Public Health Judge Mental health Perfectionism Moderating effect China |
| title | Perfectionism and Psychological Distress among Chinese Judg-es: Do Age and Gender Make a Difference? |
| title_full | Perfectionism and Psychological Distress among Chinese Judg-es: Do Age and Gender Make a Difference? |
| title_fullStr | Perfectionism and Psychological Distress among Chinese Judg-es: Do Age and Gender Make a Difference? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Perfectionism and Psychological Distress among Chinese Judg-es: Do Age and Gender Make a Difference? |
| title_short | Perfectionism and Psychological Distress among Chinese Judg-es: Do Age and Gender Make a Difference? |
| title_sort | perfectionism and psychological distress among chinese judg es do age and gender make a difference |
| topic | Judge Mental health Perfectionism Moderating effect China |
| url | https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/19019 |
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