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Mediating Effects of Self-Esteem on the Relationship between Perfectionism in Children, and Depression and Anxiety

아동의 자기지향 및 사회부과 완벽주의와 우울, 불안 간 관계에 대한 자아존중감의 매개효과

  • Chyung, Yun-Joo (Department of Consumer & Child Studies, University of Incheon)
  • 정윤주 (인천대학교 소비자.아동학과)
  • Received : 2011.10.04
  • Accepted : 2011.11.18
  • Published : 2012.01.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine: (1) the relationships among two dimensions of children's perfectionism (both self-oriented and socially prescribed), and levels of depression, anxiety, and self-esteem; (2) whether or not self-esteem mediates the relationship between children's self-oriented perfectionism, and depression and anxiety; and (3) whether self-esteem mediates the relationship between socially prescribed perfectionism, and depression and anxiety. The participants were 406 fifth and sixth graders. Their data were collected with questionnaires. It was found that there are significant correlations between children's self-oriented perfectionism, and depression and self-esteem, and there are also significant correlations between children's socially prescribed perfectionism, and depression, anxiety, and self-esteem. It was also found that self-esteem mediates the relationship between the two dimensions of children's perfectionism, and depression and anxiety. These results seem to indicate that enhancing healthy self-esteem could lower the risks of experiencing depression and anxiety in children with perfectionistic personality.

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