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dc.contributor.authorBen-David, Faina Stoliar.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-09T17:31:03Z
dc.date.available2009-07-09T17:31:03Z
dc.date.issued1997-07-09T17:31:03Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10464/1720
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to examine a model of personality and health. Specifically, this thesis examined perfectionism as a predictor of health status and health behaviours, as moderated by coping styles. A community sample of 813 young adults completed the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale, the Coping Strategy Indicator, and measures of health symptoms, health care utilization, and various health behaviours. Multiple regression analyses revealed a number of significant findings. First, perfectionism and coping styles contributed significant main effects in predicting health status and health behaviours, although coping styles were not shown to moderate the perfectionism-health relationship. The data showed that perfectionism did constitute a health risk, both in terms of health status and health behaviours. Finally, an unexpected finding was that perfectionism also included adaptive features related to health. Specifically, some dimensions of perfectionism were also associated with reports of better health status and involvement in some positive health behaviours.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherBrock Universityen_US
dc.subjectPersonality.en_US
dc.subjectHealth behavior.en_US
dc.subjectPerfectionism (Personality trait)en_US
dc.titleA model of personality and health : coping styles as a moderator in the perfectionism-health connectionen_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen
dc.degree.nameM.A. Psychologyen_US
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_US
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