The present study tent to investigate the relationship among self-oriented, other-oriented and socially prescribed perfectionism and anxiety, depression, social dysfunction and somatic symptoms in college students of Kerman. The current study is a correlation study using multistage cluster sampling about 537 male and female students selected and answered to dimension of perfectionism and general health questioners. Correlation coefficient and regression analysis were used to analyze data. The result of this study indicated that there is a positive significant correlation between self-oriented perfectionism and anxiety, depression, social dysfunction and somatic symptoms. There is negative significant correlation other-oriented perfectionism and anxiety, depression, social dysfunction and somatic symptoms and there is also a negative significant correlation socially prescribed perfectionism and anxiety and social dysfunction.This study revealed that there is a positive significant correlation between self-oriented perfectionism and mental health and on the other hand there is negative significant correlation other-oriented perfectionism and mental health.
perfectionism, anxiety, depression, social dysfunction and somatic symptoms
