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Abstract
Objective: Evaluative concerns perfectionism is related to both rumination and social anxiety. However, the mediating role of rumination between two types of perfectionism—namely, evaluative concerns perfectionism and personal standards perfectionism—and social anxiety has yet to be studied. Therefore, the objective of this study was to examine the mediating role of rumination on the association between perfectionism and social anxiety. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 450 Malaysian undergraduate students using self-report questionnaires. Results: Structural equation modeling (SEM) revealed that evaluative concerns perfectionism and rumination were significant positive predictors of social anxiety. Multimodel analysis revealed that rumination partially mediated the association between evaluative concerns perfectionism and social anxiety. Conclusions: The results suggested that evaluative concerns perfectionists were more likely to engage in rumination and were consequently more likely to experience social anxiety.
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Abbas Abdollahi
Abbas Abdollahi is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Counseling, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran. He has published many journal articles in the areas of the resilience factors (e.g., hardiness and emotional intelligence) in several settings. His main research interests include the resilience factors and risk factors involved in depression, suicidal ideation, and social anxiety.