The purpose of this study was to examine the perfectionistic self-presentation as a mediator of the association between perceived parental psychological control and interpersonal anxiety among college students. 421 students (258 females and 163 males)...
The purpose of this study was to examine the perfectionistic self-presentation as a mediator of the association between perceived parental psychological control and interpersonal anxiety among college students. 421 students (258 females and 163 males) from several universities in Busan, South Korea completed self-administered questionnaires to assess their parental psychological control and their perfectionistic self-presentation and interpersonal anxiety.
The results are as follows: First, their parental psychological control was shown to have a significant effect on the interpersonal anxiety of college students. Second, perfectionistic self-presentation fully mediated the effect of parental psychological control on the interpersonal anxiety of male college students. For female college students, perfectionistic self-presentation partially mediated the relationship between parental psychological control and interpersonal anxiety. To sum up, it is suggested that parental psychological control and perfectionistic self-presentation are significant factors to manage the interpersonal anxiety for college students. Furthermore, the findings emphasize the importance of incorporating how to identify, decrease, and mitigate perfectionistic self-presentation into counseling intervention for college students' interpersonal anxiety.