| Summary: | For pre-university students, good academic results are vital in the pursuit of tertiary education. Often, the process
of attaining academic excellence has made high-expectancy students aim for better results compared to their peers.
As not all high-expectancy students manage to get their expectations, the failure may lead them to depression.
This study investigated the intensity of perfectionism and the level of depression among a group of pre-university
students and the relationship between the two variables. A total of 180 ASASIpintar students of session 2017/2018
at GENIUS@Pintar National Gifted Centre, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia had participated in this study. The
findings demonstrated that the intensity of perfectionism and level of depression in ASASIpintar students was
moderate. Both variables were strongly positive correlated while the perfectionism dimension that was found
to play the most significant role in causing depression was socially prescribed perfectionism. Other than that,
ASASIpintar students had high level of self-oriented perfectionism. In conclusion, ASASIpintar students had
moderate level of depression and it was strongly related to the tendency of the students to believe that others
expected perfection from them. Hence, ASASIpintar students should practice perfectionism coping strategies to
avoid depression.
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