The role of Perfectionism and Daily stresses on predicting the Depression symptoms among students of Allameh Tabataba i University in 2014

Mood disorders including depression are the most common and most serious mental disorders among people. Students as a high risk group are also known for developing this disorder. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of perfectionism and daily stresses on predicting the depression symptoms among the students. This cross-sectional study was carried out on 477 students at Allameh Tabataba’I University through multiple cluster sampling. Participants responded to the questionnaires of demographic characteristics, perfectionism, daily stresses and depression symptoms. Data were analyzed using Pearson' s correlation coefficient and stepwise multipee linear regression. Results showed that there was significant internal correlation among perfectionism, daily stresses and depression symptoms (p<0.01). Also, stepwise regression analysis indicated that perfectionism and daily stresses significantly predicted 29% and 11% of the variance of depression symptoms, respectively (p<0.01). This study results suggest the importance of perfectionism and daily stresses on predicting the depression symptoms and these factors can explain the high degree of variability of these symptoms.