Relationship between perfectionism, automatic thinking and depression in medical college students

  • Lin Zhongli ,
  • Lin Xianhao
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  • Department of Applied Psychology, School of Humanities, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, China

Received date: 2020-03-20

  Online published: 2020-12-08

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The Scientific Research Project of Young and Middle-aged Teachers from Fujian Province(JAS180135)

Abstract

Objective To explore the relationships between the perfectionism,automatic thoughts and depression in medical university students,to provide suggestions for improving students' negative emotions. Methods The questionnaire including the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale,Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire and Beck Depression Inventory, was administrated among 334 students. Results Depression were significantly and correlated with automatic thoughts and perfectionism(except for the organized dimension),while automatic thoughts positively related to depression(r=0.42~0.47,P<0.01).Students' automatic thoughts had mediating effect between maladapitive perfectionism and depression (r=0.69,P<0.01), the ratio of mediating effect to total effect was 64.9%. Conclusions The effect of perfectionism on depression is partially mediated by automatic thoughts.This will provide a new perspective on depression intervention for maladaptive perfectionists.

Cite this article

Lin Zhongli , Lin Xianhao . Relationship between perfectionism, automatic thinking and depression in medical college students[J]. Chinese Journal of Medical Education, 2020 , 40(11) : 879 -882 . DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn115259-20200320-00384

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