Relations among Socially Prescribed Perfectionism, Career Stress, Mental Health, and Mindfulness in Korean College Students

Korean young adults are exposed to higher career stress than ever before, and such stress exerts a negative impact on mental health outcomes. The present study aimed to understand the mediating effect of career stress on the relationship between socially prescribed perfectionism and mental health us...

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Autores principales: Sukkyung You, Jieun Yoo
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:755fb21613c4467da0dacd140b971a102021-11-25T17:52:30ZRelations among Socially Prescribed Perfectionism, Career Stress, Mental Health, and Mindfulness in Korean College Students10.3390/ijerph1822122481660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/755fb21613c4467da0dacd140b971a102021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/22/12248https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601Korean young adults are exposed to higher career stress than ever before, and such stress exerts a negative impact on mental health outcomes. The present study aimed to understand the mediating effect of career stress on the relationship between socially prescribed perfectionism and mental health using a sample of 420 Korean college students. The present study also investigated the moderating role of mindfulness in the mediated pathways across gender groups. This study’s results showed that there are considerable gender differences in this relationship. Career stress significantly mediates the relationship between socially prescribed perfectionism and depression and life satisfaction only for females. Study findings also indicated that the moderating effect of mindfulness was more remarkable for female students than for male students. Implications and future directions are discussed.Sukkyung YouJieun YooMDPI AGarticlesocially prescribed perfectionismcareer stresslife satisfactiondepressionmindfulnessMedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 12248, p 12248 (2021)
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topic socially prescribed perfectionism
career stress
life satisfaction
depression
mindfulness
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spellingShingle socially prescribed perfectionism
career stress
life satisfaction
depression
mindfulness
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Sukkyung You
Jieun Yoo
Relations among Socially Prescribed Perfectionism, Career Stress, Mental Health, and Mindfulness in Korean College Students
description Korean young adults are exposed to higher career stress than ever before, and such stress exerts a negative impact on mental health outcomes. The present study aimed to understand the mediating effect of career stress on the relationship between socially prescribed perfectionism and mental health using a sample of 420 Korean college students. The present study also investigated the moderating role of mindfulness in the mediated pathways across gender groups. This study’s results showed that there are considerable gender differences in this relationship. Career stress significantly mediates the relationship between socially prescribed perfectionism and depression and life satisfaction only for females. Study findings also indicated that the moderating effect of mindfulness was more remarkable for female students than for male students. Implications and future directions are discussed.
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Jieun Yoo
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title Relations among Socially Prescribed Perfectionism, Career Stress, Mental Health, and Mindfulness in Korean College Students
title_short Relations among Socially Prescribed Perfectionism, Career Stress, Mental Health, and Mindfulness in Korean College Students
title_full Relations among Socially Prescribed Perfectionism, Career Stress, Mental Health, and Mindfulness in Korean College Students
title_fullStr Relations among Socially Prescribed Perfectionism, Career Stress, Mental Health, and Mindfulness in Korean College Students
title_full_unstemmed Relations among Socially Prescribed Perfectionism, Career Stress, Mental Health, and Mindfulness in Korean College Students
title_sort relations among socially prescribed perfectionism, career stress, mental health, and mindfulness in korean college students
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
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