@article{oai:nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp:00025775,
 author = {TSUBOTA, Yuki and ISHII, Hidetoki},
 journal = {名古屋大学大学院教育発達科学研究科紀要. 心理発達科学},
 month = {Dec},
 note = {Perfectionism is the striving for flawlessness, and extreme perfectionists are people who want to be perfect in all aspects of their lives. Perfectionism is related to a number of psychological and physiological problems, such as apathy, neurosis, alcoholism, and anorexia nervosa. It is known that perfectionism has three dimensions such as self-oriented perfectionism, other-oriented perfectionism, and socially prescribed perfectionism. Previous studies suggested that self-oriented perfectionism has both adaptive and maladaptive dimensions. However, it has not been revealed the process of effects from self-oriented perfectionism to depression. In order to examine this issue, we adopted a psychological stress model as the process of effects from self-oriented perfectionism. A psychological stress model is one of core concepts of stress. In this model, the following causal chain was proposed: stressor =>cognitive appraisal => coping => mental health. Both cognitive appraisal and coping style are mediating processes from the event to mental health and are regulated by antecedent conditions such as personality traits. Adopting self-oriented perfectionism as an antecedent condition will reveal the process of effect from each dimension of self-oriented perfectionism to depression in different ways. On the other hand, those who have self-oriented perfectionism will not necessarily reach similar adaptation states. That is, there may be some psychological factor showing the moderation effect on the process of effect from self-oriented perfectionism to depression. We give attention to self-efficacy as a factor which has this moderation effect. Self-efficacy is a key concept in social cognitive theory and refers to confidence in achieving a task. There are two possibilities regarding how self-efficacy moderates the effect of selforiented perfectionism on mental health. That is, the moderation effect of self-efficacy is either positive or negative. By revealing these issue as discussed above, we can understand how self-oriented perfectionism affects mental health precisely. The purpose of this study was to examine how self-oriented perfectionism works as an antecedent factor in a psychological stress model and how self-efficacy exerts a moderation effect in the model. Participants were 307 Japanese undergraduates who completed a questionnaire assessing dimensions of self-oriented perfectionism (desire for perfection, personal standards, concern over mistakes, and doubting of actions), self-efficacy, cognitive appraisal (impact and controllability of stressors), coping style (active and passive coping), and depression. The data was divided into two groups based on the self-efficacy scores. The cut-off point was set to the mean score of self-efficacy (2.83). Multiple-group analysis was conducted to compose models which explained relationships between self-oriented perfectionism and depression. Moderation effects on these relationships were also examined. A path diagram of the best fit model was adopted. The fit indices were df = 29, χ2 = 35.61 (p = .19), GFI = .972, AGFI = .939, RMSEA = .039, and CFI = .985. In order to examine whether different models were adopted in each high-low self-efficacy group, the models were exchanged with each other. The fit indices computed as a result were df = 29, χ2 = 106.59 (p = .00), GFI = .924, AGFI = .831, RMSEA = .132, and CFI = .821. Consequently, different models for the high selfefficacy group and low self-efficacy group were adopted. Furthermore, self-oriented perfectionism was found to have positive effects on mental health in the low self-efficacy group, and negative effects in the high self-efficacy group. These results suggest that self-efficacy determines the way self-oriented perfectionism affects mental health. On the other hand, high self-efficacy influences self-oriented perfectionists to persist in seeking unattainable standards, which is detrimental to their mental health. On the other hand, low self-efficacy enabled self-oriented perfectionists to give up unattainable standards adequately and this is desirable for their mental health.},
 pages = {63--75},
 title = {Psychological Stress Model Assumes Self-Oriented Perfectionism as Antecedent Factor and Self-Efficacy’s Moderation Effect},
 volume = {64},
 year = {2017}
}