Existential Wellbeing and Its Relationship to Adaptive Perfectionism among University Students
Article Sidebar
Main Article Content
Abstract
This research aims to identify existential well-being among university students, adaptive perfectionism among university students and the correlation between existential well-being and adaptive perfectionism among university students. The sample of this research was 200 male and female university students for the academic year 2024_2025. In order to achieve the research objectives, the researcher adopted the Wong (2024) scale for existential well-being according to his theoretical model consisting of 28 items with a five-point scale, distributed over three components. As for the adaptive perfectionism scale, the researcher built it according to the model (Slaney et al, 2001), which consisted of (15) items distributed over three dimensions, each dimension has (5) items. The validity and reliability of the scale were verified, and after statistical analysis, the results showed the following:
- University students enjoy existential well-being
- University students enjoy adaptive perfectionism
- There is a statistically significant relationship between existential well-being and adaptive perfectionism.
According to the results, the researcher recommended some proposals and recommendations.
Metrics
Article Details
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
References
المصادر العربية المترجمة
• Abu Alam, Raja Mahmoud. (2011). Research Methods in Psychological and Educational Sciences. 7th ed., University Publishing House, Cairo.
• Abu Ghosh, Sanaa Shaker. (2011). A scale for logical thinking and verification of its psychometric properties in light of item response models among students. unpublished doctoral dissertation, Faculty of Educational and Psychological Sciences, University of Amman.
• Al-Saadoun, Rawaa Watban and Al-Sumaidai, Namir Ibrahim (2023). Cognitive sharing and its relationship to emotional balance among graduate students, Tikrit University Journal, for the Humanities, Issue 2, Part 2, Volume 30, Tikrit University.
• Al-Dhamin, Munther. (2009). Basics of Scientific Research. Dar Al-Masirah for Publishing, Distribution and Printing, 2nd ed., Amman.
• Issawi, Abdul Rahman Muhammad. (1985). Design of Psychological, Social and Educational Research. Beirut: Dar Al-Rateb University, 1st ed.
• Farag, Safwat. (2017). Psychological Measurement. Cairo - Egypt, Anglo Egyptian Library.
• Al-Falahi, Hussein Ali Ibrahim. (2018). Fundamentals of Scientific Research and its Methods in Media Studies. United Arab Emirates and the Lebanese Republic, Dar Al-Kitab.
• Mazloum, Mustafa. (2013). Perfectionism and its relationship to aggression among university students. Studies Journal, Journal of Arab Studies in Education and Psychology, 39, Vol. 1, 45-113.
• Malham, Sami Muhammad. (2000). Measurement and Evaluation in Education and Psychology. Amman, Dar Al-Masirah for Publishing, Distribution and Printing.
• Al-Nasiri, Hadla Majid. (2022). Psychological flexibility and its relationship to assertive behavior among university students. Tikrit University Journal for the Humanities, Issue 10, Part 1, Volume 29, Tikrit University.
المصادر الاجنبية
• Akbag, M. (2024). How adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism affect psychological well-being among university students: The mediating role of procrastination. Research on Education and Psychology, 8(1), 226-252.
• Anastasi, A. (1976). Psychological Testing. New York: Mcmillan Publishing co., Inc.
• Anderson, R. E. (2014). Human suffering and quality of life: Conceptualizing stories and statistics. Springer.
• Baklien, B., Marthoenis, M., & Thurston, M. (2024). Existential Well-Being in Nature: A Cross-Cultural and Descriptive Phenomenological Approach. Journal of Medical Humanities, 1-18.
• Bates, A. T. (2016). Addressing existential suffering. BCMJ, 58, 268-273.
• Clifton, J. (2022). Blind spot: The global rise of unhappiness and how leaders missed it. Simon and Schuster.
• Emmons, R. A. (2003). The psychology of ultimate concerns: Motivation and spirituality in personality. Gilford Press.
• Forsythe, J., & Mongrain, M. (2023). The Existential Nihilism Scale (ENS): Theory, development, and psychometric evaluation. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-023-10052-w.
• Frost, R., Lahart, C. & Rosen blate, R. (1991): The development of perfectionism: A study of daughters and their parents. Cognitive therapy and research, (15), (6), 469 – 489.
• Gosetti-Ferencei, J. A. (2020). Existential suffering, happiness, and hope. In J. A. Gosetti-Ferencei, On being and becoming: an existentialist approach to life (p. 264-277). https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190913656.003.0020.
• Hamachek, D. (1978): psychodynamics of normal and neurotic perfectionism. psychology , 15, 27 – 33.
• Hanchon. (2010): The Relation between Perfectionism and Achievement Goals. Personality and Individual Differences, 49 (8) 885-890.
• King, L. A., & Hicks, J. A. (2021). The science of meaning in life. Annual review of psychology, 72, 561–584. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-072420-122921.
• Kruger, K., Jellie, J., Jarkowski, O., Keglevich, S., & On, Z. X. (2023). Maladaptive and adaptive perfectionism impact psychological well-being through mediator self-efficacy versus resilience. International Journal of Psychological Studies, 15(3), 1-46. https://doi.org/10.5539/ijps.v15n3p46.
• Ownsworth, T., & Nash, K. (2015). Existential well-being and meaning making in the context of primary brain tumor: conceptualization and implications for intervention. Frontiers in oncology, 5, 96. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2015.00096.
• Park, H. J., & Jeong, D. Y. (2015). Psychological well-being, life satisfaction, and self-esteem among adaptive perfectionists, maladaptive perfectionists, and nonperfectionists. Personality and Individual Differences, 72, 165- 170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2014.08.031.
• Slaney, R., Rice , K., Mobley ,M., Trippi , J.& Ashby , J.(2001) The revised Almost perfect scale. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development. (34),130-145.
• Stoeber, J., & Otto, K. (2006). Positive conceptions of perfectionism: Approaches, evidence, challenges. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 10, 295-319.
• Wong, P. T. (2023). President’s Column: Is Existential Wellbeing the Key to Positive Mental Health.
• Wong, P. T. (2023). The Faith-Hope-Love Model of Mental Health & Total Wellbeing.
• Wong, P. T. P. (2021). The Frankl cure for the 21st century: Why self-transcendence is the key to mental health and flourishing. The International Forum for Logotherapy, 41(2), 33-50. Doi: 10.31234/osf.io/tbx3f.
• Wong, P. T. P., & Gingras, D. (2010). Finding meaning and happiness while dying of cancer: Lessons on existential positive psychology [Review of the film Ikiru]. PsycCRITIQUES, 55(2). http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0018658.
• Wong, P. T. P., Cowden, R. G., Yu, T. T. F., & Arslan, G. (2024). Existential Wellbeing in Palliative Care: A Paradigm of Existential Positive Psychology. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.0747.v1.
• Wong, P. T., & Mayer, C. H. (2023). The meaning of love and its bittersweet nature. International Review of Psychiatry, 35(1), 33-41.
• Yu, T. T. F., & Wong, P. T. P. (2024). Existential wellbeing may be of utmost importance to many people, 1(3). https://doi.org/10.20935/MHealthWellB7416.