Author(s)

Ece Mendi^*, Jale Eldeleklioğlu

Counseling Psychology Department, Faculty of Education, University of Uludag, Bursa, Turkey.

The present study investigated the relationship between parental conditional regard, perfectionism, subjective well-being and self-esteem, and the role of perfectionism as a mediator in the relationship between parental conditional regard and both subjective well-being and self-esteem. Using a convenience sampling, 500 Turkish university students (M age = 20.83 years old, SD age = 2.05) completed questionnaires. The results showed positive links between parental conditional regard and perfectionism, negative links between parental conditional regard and both subjective well-being and self-esteem and negative links between perfectionism and both subjective well-being and self-esteem. While perfectionism was a partial mediator between parental conditional regard and self-esteem, perfectionism was not a mediator between parental conditional regard and subjective well-being.

Parental Conditional Regard, Perfectionism, Subjective Well-Being, Self-Esteem, Adolescence

Mendi, E. and Eldeleklioğlu, J. (2016) Parental Conditional Regard, Subjective Well-Being and Self-Esteem: The Mediating Role of Perfectionism. Psychology, 7, 1276-1295. doi: 10.4236/psych.2016.710130.