Nelsen Sarah K, Kayaalp Alper, Page Kyle J
South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, USA.
Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Department of Psychology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, USA.
J Am Coll Health. 2023 Jan;71(1):257-265. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2021.1891076. Epub 2021 Mar 24.
The study examined the relationship between perfectionism (categorized by adaptive, maladaptive, and non-perfectionist clusters), substance use (i.e., drinking and smoking), and mental health in a large sample of college student ( = 841; = 19.6 years of age) in a time-lagged design. Students were classified using a two-step cluster analysis where subscales are used in hierarchical and -means cluster analysis. Results revealed that adaptive perfectionists reported better mental health compared to non-perfectionists and maladaptive perfectionists. Additionally, adaptive perfectionists reported lower levels of alcohol use compared to non-perfectionists. Differences between mental health and alcohol use by cluster were found over time, but not for smoking behaviors. Across all participants, substance use did not mediate the relationship between perfectionism and mental health. Future research directions as well as practical implications are discussed.
该研究采用时间滞后设计，在一个由841名大学生（平均年龄19.6岁）组成的大样本中，考察了完美主义（分为适应性、适应不良性和非完美主义类别）、物质使用（即饮酒和吸烟）与心理健康之间的关系。学生们通过两步聚类分析进行分类，其中分量表用于层次聚类分析和K均值聚类分析。结果显示，与非完美主义者和适应不良性完美主义者相比，适应性完美主义者报告的心理健康状况更好。此外，与非完美主义者相比，适应性完美主义者报告的酒精使用水平更低。随着时间的推移，发现不同类别在心理健康和酒精使用方面存在差异，但在吸烟行为方面没有差异。在所有参与者中，物质使用并未介导完美主义与心理健康之间的关系。文中还讨论了未来的研究方向以及实际意义。
