The Relationship between Socially Prescribed Perfectionism and Social Anxiety: The Mediating Roles of Self-blame and Perfectionistic Self-presentation (사회부과 완벽주의와 사회불안 간의 관계에서 자기비난과 완벽주의적 자기제시의 매개효과)

Eunjin Lee (이은진); Sung-Doo Won (원성두); Kim, Eunjung (김은정)

doi:10.15842/CPKJOURNAL.PUB.6.1.49

The Relationship between Socially Prescribed Perfectionism and Social Anxiety: The Mediating Roles of Self-blame and Perfectionistic Self-presentation

Clinical Psychology in Korea: Research and Practice
2020, 6(1), pp.49~67
DOI : 10.15842/CPKJOURNAL.PUB.6.1.49
Publisher : Korean Clinical Psychology Association
Research Area : Social Science > Psychological Science > Clinical Psychology
Received : November 11, 2019
Accepted : January 13, 2020
Published : March 31, 2020

Eunjin Lee ¹, Sung-Doo Won ², Kim, Eunjung ²

¹청주스마일센터
²아주대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study investigated the mediating roles of self-blame and perfectionistic self-presentation on the relationship between socially prescribed perfectionism and social anxiety to form an integrated understanding of the related cognitive mechanisms. A total of 347 undergraduate students completed questionnaires assessing the tendencies of socially prescribed perfectionism, social anxiety, perfectionistic self-presentation, and self-blame. Using structural equation modeling, the results indicated that self-blame and perfectionistic self-presentation sequentially mediated the effect of socially prescribed perfectionism on social anxiety. Additionally, self-blame partially mediated the relationship between socially prescribed perfectionism and perfectionistic self-presentation, and perfectionistic self-presentation partially mediated the relationship between self-blame and social anxiety. Furthermore self-blame demonstrated larger mediating effects than other mediating paths. These findings suggested that interventions to prevent individuals with socially prescribed perfectionism from developing social anxiety symptoms (e,g., compassion-focused therapy) should focus on reducing self-blame and perfectionistic self-presentation. The study’s limitations and future directions for research were discussed.

KEYWORDS

social anxiety, socially prescribed perfectionism, perfectionistic self-presentation, self-blame

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