Journal of International Psychiatry

【Abstract】ObjectiveTo analyze the correlation between perfectionism and self-esteem in depressed patients.Methods66 patients with depression and 66 healthy subjects were selected, the self-esteem and perfectionism of the two groups were evaluated. The self-esteem level were evaluated by self-esteem scale and implicit association test, the perfectionism was evaluated by Chinese Frost multi-dimensional perfectionism scale. The SES scores, IAT scores, and the different dimension score of CFMPS were compared between the two groups. Results The SES score of observation group[(25.89±5.21)points] was lower than control group [(29.52±5.74)points], and the IAT score [(360.87±120.30)points] was higher than control group [(251.60±104.54)points], the difference were statistically significant (P<0.05). There were no significant difference between the two groups of OR score and PS score (P>0.05). The DA scores and CM scores in the observation group [(13.51±3.57)points,(17.40±4.58)points] were higher than control group [(11.60±2.45)points,(14.53±4.22)points], and the PE score [(14.32±3.78) points] was lower than control group [(16.15±3.53)points], the difference were statistically significant (P<0.05). The scores of SES in low score group were negatively correlated with DA score and CM score[(r=-0.322, P<0.05), (r=-0.330,P<0.05)].There was a significant negative correlation between the SES score in high score group and the DA score and the CM score [(r=-0.504, P<0.01), (r=-0.489, P<0.01)]. There was no significant correlation between the IAT score in high score group and the different dimension score of CFMPS(P>0.05). There was a significant negative correlation between IAT score in low score group and PE (r=-0.358, P<0.05). ConclusionThe negative perfectionism of depression patients and self-esteem level has significantly negative correlation. Psychological intervention should actively engaged to guide their self-awareness and self-evaluation to improve their self-esteem level when patients with depression have a tendency to perfectionism

【Keywords】 Depression,Perfectionism,Self-esteem, Correlation