Coping styles and self-esteem as mediators of the perfectionism-depression relationship among Chinese undergraduates

• Bin Zhang

  Central South University and Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

• Taisheng Cai

  Central South University

We examined the roles of negative coping, positive coping, and self-esteem as mediators of the relationship between maladaptive perfectionism and depression with a sample of 412 Chinese undergraduates. Participants completed measures of perfectionism and it was found that negative coping and positive coping both partially mediated the association between maladaptive perfectionism and depression. The final model also revealed that positive coping partially mediated the relationship between maladaptive perfectionism and self-esteem. Implications for counseling interventions and future research are discussed.

1. Bin Zhang, Central South University and Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
   The Medical Psychological Research Institute
2. Taisheng Cai, Central South University
   The Medical Psychological Research Institute

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