Author(s)

I-Jun Chen^*, Mengbi Hu, Hailun Zhang, Zeyao Guo

School of Education, Soochow University, Suzhou, China.

We used a random sample survey of 250 college students in Suzhou district in China to explore the relationships among parenting behavior, perfectionism and obsessive-compulsive symptom, as well as to construct a structural equation model. The results showed that college students’ understanding of parenting behavior is above average, they have strong perfectionism and obsessive-compulsive symptoms. College students’ obsessive-compulsive symptoms were affected by demographic variables, with gender and grade having significant interaction; parenting behavior causes college students’ obsessive-compulsive symptoms, and perfectionism played a mediating role. Understanding the mechanism of parenting behavior and perfectionism on college students’ obsessive-compulsive symptoms can provide references to the mental health counseling for college students.

Parenting Behavior, Obsessive-Compulsive Symptom, Perfectionism, Mediating Role

Chen, I. , Hu, M. , Zhang, H. and Guo, Z. (2018) The Effect of Parenting Behavior on the Obsessive-Compulsive Symptom of College Students: The Mediating Role of Perfectionism. Creative Education, 9, 758-778. doi: 10.4236/ce.2018.95057.