პერფექციონიზმის სტრუქტურა და მისი მიმართება აფექტური ხასიათის ფენომენებთან

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The main goal of the research was to study the structure and display of perfectionism in the context of its relationship with depression and self-esteem. The inventory of perfectionism that was chosen for accomplishing this goal, according to its authors, gave them the opportunity to study the complex and inhomogenous structure of the phenomenon. The working Georgian version of the inventory was created, the basic psychometric properties of which indicate the reliability of the gained data. 182 participants were engaged in the study with the age range from 15 to 24 years old. Results confirmed the existence of double nature of perfectionism display and consequently its contradicted relationships with the levels of self-esteem and depression. PI composite and self-evaluative perfectionism not only predict the variability of depression but also determine its intensity. For its part, depression plays the same role towards these types of perfectionism. The same kind of interaction exists between self-esteem and depression. There is no such interaction between perfectionism and self-esteem. The latter may carry out the connective role in the interaction of perfectionism and self-esteem. Conscientious perfectionism, on the other hand, can be assumed to be one of the motivating factors of person’s well-being and success.