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The Mediating Effect of Covert Narcissism on a Relationship Between Co-dependency and Maladaptive Perfectionism of University Students’

  • Journal of Knowledge Information Technology and Systems
  • Abbr : JKITS
  • 2016, 11(6), pp.607-616
  • Publisher : Korea Knowledge Information Technology Society
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Interdisciplinary Research
  • Published : December 31, 2016

Park, Hee-Ryong 1

1김천대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study is intended to investigate the effect of co-dependency of university students on the maladaptive perfectionism and to verity the mediating effect of covert narcissism on a relationship between co-dependency and maladaptive perfectionism. In this regard, this study collect the data from 160 university students who were enrolled in 4 universities located in Daejeon Metropolitan City and Gyeongbuk. Some of major findings of the research include. Firstly, co-dependency, maladaptive perfectionism, and covert narcissism had statistically significant correlation. Secondly, co-dependency not only makes direct effect on the maladaptive perfectionism, but makes indirect effect through a mediating variable, the covert narcissism, as well that covert narcissism is verified to mediate a relationship between co-dependency and maladaptive perfectionism. The research results suggest that covert narcissism of university students impoverish when co-dependency is higher, and can make effect on the maladaptive perfectionism due to continual phenomenon of losing general function of life. This study investigate how counselors can convergence policy approach with parents-experience of clients that affect a relationship between co-dependency and maladaptive perfectionism of university students, and suggested implication and limitation of this study and suggestions for a follow-up study.

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