RELATIONS OF SELF-ORIENTED PERFECTIONISM TO DEPRESSION AND HOPELESSNESS

The purpose of this study was to construct a new multidimensional self -oriented perfectionism scale (MSPS) and to examine the relationship o f self-oriented perfectionism to depression and hopelessness in colleg e students. In Study 1, 26 original items of a new MSPS were administe red to 132 students and factor analysis revealed 4 solutions: desire f or perfectionism (DP), personal standard (PS), concern over mistakes ( CM), and doubting of actions (D). Twenty items of the final MSPS had h igh reliability and validity as an instrument of measuring self-orient ed perfectionism (Hewitt & Flett, 1991). In Study 2, 178 students comp leted a questionnare consisting of MSPS, stressor scale, depression sc ale, and hopelessness scale. PS was negatively related to hopelessness , and CM and D were positively related to both depression and hopeless ness. Students with high CM scores had higher depression than those wi th low CM scores, unrelated to the degree of stress.