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489 – Correlation between Depression and Perfectionism in Iranian Students

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

L. Bimanand ,
H. Peyman  and
K. Sayehmiri
L. Bimanand
Affiliation:
Center for Prevention of Psychosocial Trauma
H. Peyman
Affiliation:
Center for Prevention of Psychosocial Trauma Nursing, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam Islamic Azad University, Hamedan Branch, Hamedan
K. Sayehmiri
Affiliation:
Biostatistics, Center for Prevention of Psychosocial Trauma, Ilam, Iran

Abstract

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Introduction:

Perfectionism is the irrational belief that people have towards their surroundings. Depression is one of the outputs of extreme perfectionism.

Objectives:

To evaluate the correlation between depression and perfectionism.

Aims:

This study aimed to determine the relationship between depression and perfectionism in students of Ilam University of medical sciences.

Methods:

200 individual of students of Ilam University of Medical Sciences, during a descriptive-analytical study with classified sampling were studied. Collecting data was conducted by use the Frost Perfectionism Multidimensional Scale (FMPS) and Beck Depression Inventory. Reliability of questionnaire with 87% Alpha coefficient was confirmed. FMPS questionnaire have a 6 domains. Collected data using SPSS18 software and the Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis test were analyzed.

Results:

No significant relationship was found between gender, major, semester and faculty with depression score, while there was a significant relationship between sex with some perfectionism domains (p< 0.01). There was a significant correlation between depression with parental criticism (p=0.05, r = 0.134) and Concern Over Mistakes (P = 0.004, r = 0.201).

Conclusions:

Depression was significantly correlated to some domains of perfectionism.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 28 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 21th European Congress of Psychiatry , 2013 , 28-E96
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2013
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