Does Perfectionism Lead to Well-Being? The Role of Flow and Personality Traits
Perfectionism is a personality trait that plays an important role in understanding human behavior and functioning. There has been a focus on the negative aspects and outcomes of perfectionism, and less is known about whether and how perfectionism relates to adaptive characteristics of personality an...
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| author | Tamar Kamushadze Khatuna Martskvishvili Maia Mestvirishvili Mariami Odilavadze |
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| description | Perfectionism is a personality trait that plays an important role in understanding human behavior and functioning. There has been a focus on the negative aspects and outcomes of perfectionism, and less is known about whether and how perfectionism relates to adaptive characteristics of personality and normal functioning. We investigated associations between different aspects of perfectionism and psychological well-being in two studies by determining the role of dispositional flow and personality traits in this relationship. In Study 1, participants completed questionnaires for perfectionism, psychological well-being and flow. In Study 2, personality traits from the HEXACO model of personality were additionally measured. We found that psychological well-being had a positive correlation with conscientious perfectionism and a negative correlation with self-evaluative perfectionism. Flow mediates the relationship between conscientious perfectionism and psychological well-being. There was no correlation between self-evaluative perfectionism and dispositional flow. After controlling for relevant personality traits, dispositional flow remains the mediator between conscientious perfectionism and psychological well-being, but the relation becomes negative. Implications for the understanding of how different components of perfectionism are related to psychological well-being and how flow experience contributes to this relationship are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8c92a3c7cd57438394fdba0585c5f1582023-01-02T03:56:17ZengPsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for PsychologyEurope's Journal of Psychology1841-04132021-05-01172435710.5964/ejop.1987ejop.1987Does Perfectionism Lead to Well-Being? The Role of Flow and Personality TraitsTamar Kamushadze0Khatuna Martskvishvili1Maia Mestvirishvili2Mariami Odilavadze3Department of Psychology, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, GeorgiaDepartment of Psychology, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, GeorgiaDepartment of Psychology, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, GeorgiaDepartment of Psychology, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, GeorgiaPerfectionism is a personality trait that plays an important role in understanding human behavior and functioning. There has been a focus on the negative aspects and outcomes of perfectionism, and less is known about whether and how perfectionism relates to adaptive characteristics of personality and normal functioning. We investigated associations between different aspects of perfectionism and psychological well-being in two studies by determining the role of dispositional flow and personality traits in this relationship. In Study 1, participants completed questionnaires for perfectionism, psychological well-being and flow. In Study 2, personality traits from the HEXACO model of personality were additionally measured. We found that psychological well-being had a positive correlation with conscientious perfectionism and a negative correlation with self-evaluative perfectionism. Flow mediates the relationship between conscientious perfectionism and psychological well-being. There was no correlation between self-evaluative perfectionism and dispositional flow. After controlling for relevant personality traits, dispositional flow remains the mediator between conscientious perfectionism and psychological well-being, but the relation becomes negative. Implications for the understanding of how different components of perfectionism are related to psychological well-being and how flow experience contributes to this relationship are discussed.https://ejop.psychopen.eu/index.php/ejop/article/view/1987adaptive and maladaptive perfectionismpsychological well-beingflowhexaco |
| spellingShingle | Tamar Kamushadze Khatuna Martskvishvili Maia Mestvirishvili Mariami Odilavadze Does Perfectionism Lead to Well-Being? The Role of Flow and Personality Traits Europe's Journal of Psychology adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism psychological well-being flow hexaco |
| title | Does Perfectionism Lead to Well-Being? The Role of Flow and Personality Traits |
| title_full | Does Perfectionism Lead to Well-Being? The Role of Flow and Personality Traits |
| title_fullStr | Does Perfectionism Lead to Well-Being? The Role of Flow and Personality Traits |
| title_full_unstemmed | Does Perfectionism Lead to Well-Being? The Role of Flow and Personality Traits |
| title_short | Does Perfectionism Lead to Well-Being? The Role of Flow and Personality Traits |
| title_sort | does perfectionism lead to well being the role of flow and personality traits |
| topic | adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism psychological well-being flow hexaco |
| url | https://ejop.psychopen.eu/index.php/ejop/article/view/1987 |
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