The Relationship between College Student-Athletes' Perfectionism and Subjective Well-being: the Mediating Effects of Life Stress and Coping Strategies

• Main Authors: CHUNG,MENG-LING, 鍾孟玲
• Other Authors: LU,JING-HORNG
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2019
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/tx7665

博士 === 國立體育大學 === 體育研究所 === 107 === Previous studies found that when under stress different coping strategies can affect the level of subjective well-being of a perfectionist. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between perfectionism and subjective well-being of college student-athletes through two studies, and to examine the mediating effects on life stress and coping strategies. In the first study 351 college student-athletes (170 males and 181 females) with an average age of 20.67+1.73 years who were asked to complete the “Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale”, “Stress Coping Strategies Scale” and “Subjective Well-Being Scale”. The Structural Equation Model analysis finds that adaptive perfectionists tend to positively predict their subjective well-being using active coping (positive correlation) or avoidance coping (negative correlation). However, maladaptive perfectionists are leaning toward negatively predicting their subjective well-being with active coping (negative correlation) or avoidance coping (positive correlation). In the second study 313 college student-athletes (119 males and 114 females) as subjects with an average age of 20.23+1.62 years who were requested to fill out “College Student-Athletes Life Stress Scale” in addition to the above-mentioned scales in the first study. The SEM analysis suggests that adaptive perfectionists (high standards) are likely to positively predict their subjective well-being indirectly via life stress and active coping. On the other hand, maladaptive perfectionists (pressure from coach and parents) are liable to negatively predict their subjective well-being indirectly by means of life stress and active coping. The results showed that Combining Hewitt & Flett's (2002) perfectionism "stress generation" model and Lazarus & Folkman's (1984) "stress response" model to explore the relationship between athlete perfectionism and subjective well-being is a feasible direction. Finally, the findings of this study and recommendations are available for school teachers, sports coaches, counselors, and future research.