Monteagudo Pablo, De Maria Alessandra, Roldan Ainoa, Cordellat-Marzal Ana, Pinazo-Hernandis Sacramento, Blasco-Lafarga Cristina
Education and Specific Didactics Department, Jaume I University, Castello de la Plana, Spain.
Sport Performance and Physical Fitness Research Group (UIRFIDE), Physical Education and Sports Department, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
Health Psychol Rep. 2025 Jul 21;13(3):259-270. doi: 10.5114/hpr/205355. eCollection 2025.
Research has suggested that the relationship between perfectionism and perceived health may be mediated by psychological distress. However, there is a lack of studies that demonstrate this relationship in older adults and that also use objective physical health measures (such as physical fitness). This study aimed to investigate whether the associations between perfectionistic dimensions and physical fitness in older adults are mediated by psychological distress.
Older adults ( = 121; 90 women) were evaluated for perfectionism (perfectionistic strivings and perfectionistic concerns), psychological distress (depression, anxiety, and stress) and physical fitness (cardiorespiratory fitness, balance, and upper limb strength). The mediation model was run with the PROCESS macro for SPSS.
Perfectionistic strivings and perfectionistic concerns significantly and positively predicted depression, anxiety, and stress (all < .050). Anxiety negatively predicted balance, while depression negatively predicted upper limb strength (both < .050). Mediation analyses indicated that perfectionistic strivings and perfectionistic concerns were associated with poorer balance via higher levels of depression. Both dimensions were also associated with less upper limb strength via higher levels of anxiety. No associations were found between perfectionism and cardiorespiratory fitness.
These findings support the idea that psychological distress has an important role in the link between perfectionism and physical health in older adults.
研究表明，完美主义与感知到的健康之间的关系可能由心理困扰介导。然而，缺乏在老年人中证明这种关系且使用客观身体健康指标（如体能）的研究。本研究旨在调查老年人完美主义维度与体能之间的关联是否由心理困扰介导。
对老年人（(n = 121)；90名女性）进行了完美主义（完美主义追求和完美主义担忧）、心理困扰（抑郁、焦虑和压力）以及体能（心肺适能、平衡和上肢力量）的评估。使用SPSS的PROCESS宏运行中介模型。
完美主义追求和完美主义担忧显著且正向预测抑郁、焦虑和压力（均(p <.050)）。焦虑负向预测平衡，而抑郁负向预测上肢力量（均(p <.050)）。中介分析表明，完美主义追求和完美主义担忧通过更高水平的抑郁与较差的平衡相关。这两个维度还通过更高水平的焦虑与更低的上肢力量相关。未发现完美主义与心肺适能之间存在关联。
这些发现支持了心理困扰在老年人完美主义与身体健康之间的联系中起重要作用这一观点。
