The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between perfectionism and anger in a sample of students. A correlational analysis was performed to assess the kind of association existing among three dimensions of perfectionism including self-oriented, other-oriented, and socially prescribed perfectionism with anger dimensions including trait-anger, state-anger, anger-in, anger-out, anger-control in, and anger-control out. A total of 242 students (142 girls, 100 boys) were included in this study. All participants were asked to complete the Tehran Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (TMPS) and the Tehran Multidimensional Anger Scale (TMAS).Analysis of the data involved both descriptive and inferential statistics including means, standard deviations, pearson's correlation coefficient, and regression analysis. The results revealed that self-oriented and socially prescribed perfectionism were positively associated with anger dimensions, and negatively associated with anger control dimensions. No significant correlation was found between other-oriented perfectionism and dimensions of anger and anger control.

Introduction: In this study, validation of new measure of perfectionism evaluated. Method: At first, Persian version of perfectionism, inventory and general health questionnaire (GHQ) administrated to 68 guidance school sophomores. To examine reliability of measure, Kronbach's alpha coefficient was calculated. Relationship between perfectionism inventory and GHQ calculated as an index of convergent validity. At last, 313 guidance school sophomores and juniors completed perfectionism inventory. Factor analysis applied to data as an index of construct validity. Results: Kronbach's alpha coefficient indicated that perfectionism inventory has acceptable reliability. Furthermore, prior expectations about perfectionism and general health status confirmed. Factor analysis indicated that this measure has six factors that altogether explain 43% of total variance. Conclusion: New measure of perfectionism has an acceptable reliability and validity. Therefore, it is recommended to all researchers who are interested in perfectionism.

The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between perfectionism and mental health in a sample of students. A correlational analysis was performed to assess the kind of association existing among two types of perfectionism including positive perfectionism and negative perfectionism with mental health subscales including psychological well-being and psychological distress. One hundred and eighty five students (92 girls, 85 boys, 8 unknown) were included in this study. All participants were asked to complete the Farsi version of the Positive and Negative Perfectionism Scale (FPANPS) and Mental Health Inventory (MHI-28). Analysis of the data involved both descriptive and inferential statistics including means, standard deviations, analysis of variance, pearson's correlation coefficient, and regression analyses. The results revealed that positive perfectionism was positively associated with psychological well-being and negatively associated with psychological distress. The results also revealed that negative perfectionism was negatively associated with psychological well-being and positively associated with psychological distress. Positive perfectionism is supposed in to influence levels of mental health through enhancement of self-esteem and self-confidence and characteristics such as realistic thinking, acceptance of personal limitations, flexibility, and satisfaction from personal performance. Conversly, negative perfectionism is supposed to decrease levels of mental health through reducing self-esteem and self-confidence, as well as characteristics such as unrealistic thinking, unacceptance of personal limitations, inflexibility, and dissatisfaction from personal performance.

The present study had two purposes: investigating the impact of spiritual/religious perfectionism on psychological health indices and investigathmg the impact of spiritual/religious perfectionism on dimensions of perfectionism. The statistical population of the study consisted of general population living in Tehran. Among the statistical population, 307 individuals (148 men, 159 women) participated in the present study as volunteers. All participants were asked to complete Tehran completed Spiritual/Religious Perfectionism Scale (SRPS; Besharat 2018), Mental Health Inventory (MHI-28; Veit & Ware 1983), Positive and Negative Affects Schedule (PANAS; Watson et al. 1988), and Tehran Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (TMPS; Besharat 2007). The results revealed a significant positive influence of spiritual/religious perfectionism on measures of psychological well-being, positive affects, and self-oriented perfectionism, as well as a significant negative influence of spiritual/religious perfectionism on measures of psychological distress, negative affects, and socially prescribed perfectionism (p <. 001). Results of regression analyses revealed that 70% of variance of the research variables explained by spiritual/religious perfectionism with the largest portion for psychological well-being. It can be concluded that spiritual/religious perfectionism is one of the determinants of psychological health. The findings also may support a new dimension of perfectionism, spiritual/religious perfectionism, separate from nonspiritual/nonreligious perfectionism.

The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between perfectionism, as a personality trait, and the brain structure. A total of 49 volunteers (23 women, 26 men) participated in this study by filling a Farsi version of the Positive and Negative Perfectionism Scale (FPANPS) and attending an MRI session. Voxel-based morphometry (VBM) method was used to analyze the MRI data. The images were segmented to gray matter, white matter and cerebrospinal fluid. A template was produced by averaging segmented gray matters, and the images were normalized to be matched with the template. Then, a statistical model was used to find regions in the brain which had significant correlations with positive or negative perfectionism. The results demonstrated significant correlations between negative perfectionism with thalamus, and left posterior parietal cortex (precuneus) structures, where higher perfectionism score was statistically correlated with gray matter density. The results also showed that the assessment of any correlation for positive perfectionism needs larger sample size. Previous studies have shown that precuneus is activated by thinking about duties and obligations and it is also related to depression. On the other hand, thalamus has been found to be related to obsessive-compulsive disorder. The results may help to clear the neurological foundations of perfectionism and its relationship with other disorders.

This study examined the developmental origins of perfectionism. As such, the role of mothers’ perfectionism and family communication patterns in normal and neurotic perfectionism of daughters was investigated in a group of 200 year 12 high school girls. Participants completed multidimensional perfectionism scale (Frost, Marten, Lahart & Rosenblate, 1990) and family communication patterns (Fitzpatrick & Ritchie, 1994).Instruments showed good reliability and validity. Findings indicated that normal and neurotic perfectionism of mothers’ predicated normal and neurotic perfectionism of daughters. Also, conformity orientation as one dimension of communication patterns positively and significantly predicted neurotic perfectionism in daughters. In general, findings approve transgenerational of perfectionism and indicate that parents’ personality characristics and interactions of family members provide the context for the development of perfectionism that might be neurotic or normal. Other findings have been discussed in research.

چکیده سعادت وکمال انسان درگروشناخت هدف وآگاهی ازفلسفه حیات است .اما هرچند انسان مفهوم هدفمندی در زندگی را درک کند، به همان اندازه زندگی انسان از ارزش وکیفیت بالاتری برخوردارخواهدشد. از نظراسلام هم، تمام نظام هستی درخدمت به انسان است. و انسان باپشتکار و داشتن اندیشه متعالی و توکل بر ذات احدیت میتواند به کمال مطلوب و هدف غایی برسد.گاهی اوقات مشکلات و دغدغه های فراوان زندگی ،این اندیشه را صعب العبورود شوار می سازد. و انسانی که دارای نفس ضعیف باشد.. ازمقابله شدن با سختی ها برحذر می کند . بحث قابل تامل در مقاله این است که ازتفکرات باطل دوری گزینیم و با هدف متعالی و معنوی از پوچ گرایی که ریشه آن درجوامع غربی و در آثار نیهیلیست های غربی است، دوری کنیم و با توسل به آیات و احادیث، راه روشن زندگی را دریابیم .کلیدواژه ها: قران،منابع حدیث، پوچ گرایی، مکتب نیهیلیسم، نیچه. صادق هدایت.

The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between dimensions of perfectionism and personality in a sample of students from the University of Tehran. An exploratory analysis was performed to assess the kind of association exist among three dimensions of perfectionism (self- oriented, other- oriented, socially prescribed) and five personality dimensions including neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, conscientiousness. Five hundred twenty students (260 boys, 260 girls) were included in this study. All participants were asked to complete Farsi version of the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (FMPS) and Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R). Analysis of the data involved both descriptive and inferential statistics including means, standard deviations, pearson's correlation coefficient, and regression analyses. The results revealed that all three dimensions of perfectionism were positively associated with neuroticism and conscientiousness, and negatively associated with openness. Girls had higher rcores on socially prescribed perfectionism than boys. Dimensions of perfectionism seemed to influence Big Five factors through their factes.