Dm. Dunkley et Kr. Blankstein, Self-critical perfectionism, coping, hassles, and current distress: A structural equation modeling approach, COGN THER R, 24(6), 2000, pp. 713-730
University students (131 women, 102 men) completed measures of perfectionis
m self-criticism, autonomy, coping (emotion-oriented, task-oriented, and av
oidance-oriented), hassles (academic, social, and general), and distress (c
urrent depression, anger, and psychosomatic distress). Zeroth-order correla
tions distinguished the self-critical perfectionism variables (i.e., social
ly prescribed perfectionism, self-criticism, and the solitude subscale of a
utonomy) from self-oriented perfectionism Confirmatory factor analysis was
risen to assess the measurement model and showed that the self-critical per
fectionism variables load strongly on one factor. Structural equation model
ing results indicated that self-critical perfectionists' high levels of dis
tress and daily hassles might be fully explained by the mediating role of m
aladaptive coping. The results support a cognitive theory of psychological
stress and coping and illustrate how coping strategies associated with self
-critical perfectionism can have important consequences for the experience
of both distress and hassles.