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Perfectionism and alcohol-related problems: The role of procrastination
1Department of Psychology, Indiana University Northwest, Gary, Indiana, USA.
Objective:
College drinking is a significant individual and societal problem, and thus, identifying risk factors to alcohol-related problems has been an important line of inquiry. Adding to this rich literature, the current study examined whether perfectionism dimensions were associated with alcohol-related problems and whether a poor self-regulation process linked these associations.
Participants:
A total of 410 university students completed measures pertaining to perfectionism, procrastination, and negative consequences of alcohol use.
Methods:
Parallel mediation models were tested.
Results:
There was support for an indirect effect in the association between perfectionistic concerns and alcohol-related problems through susceptibility to temptation but not through pure procrastination or irrational procrastination. Perfectionistic strivings dimension was not associated with alcohol-related problems and this relation was not mediated by any procrastination dimensions.
Conclusions:
Building internal resources to better resist immediately gratifying yet long-run detrimental behavioral habits is important, especially so for highly self-critical students.
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