Multidimensional Perfectionism and Academic Procrastination: Relationships with Depression in University Students 1
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Depression in university students is associated with numerous problematic outcomes. Unidimensional perfectionism and academic procrastination have each independently been related with depression and with one another in university students. Multidimensional perfectionism, consisting of self and social dimensions, and academic procrastination have not been simultaneously examined for their interrelationships with one another and with depression. Measures of multidimensional perfectionism, academic procrastination, and depression were administered to 150 undergraduate and graduate students. Analyses showed that only one dimension of perfectionism was correlated with procrastination, although both perfectionism and procrastination were important in accounting for depression in these students. Findings are discussed as they relate to the treatment of university students for the symptoms of depression.
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The finding that procrastination led to depression and anxiety symptoms over time is consistent with the procrastination-health model and previous cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence.
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- Authors
- Saddler, C. D., & Sacks, L. A.
- Affiliations
- California Lutheran University (US)
- Alliant University (US)
- Venue
- Psychological Reports
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1993-12
- Volume
- 73
- Issue
- 3_part_1
- Pages
- 863-871
- ISSN
- 0033-2941 (ISSN-L)
- 1558-691X
- OpenAlex
- W4245720762
- Cited by
- 17
- References
- 12
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 3 · 2021: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 0.50
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychological Reports (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Student Stress and Coping
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Keywords
- multidimensional perfectionism, academic procrastination, depression, university students, self-perfectionism, social perfectionism, undergraduate and graduate students, depression treatment
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