Development of a Self-Critical Causal Model based on Perfectionism Mediated by Personality Traits in the Students of Islamic Azad University of Tehran

The aim of this study was to investigate the role of perfectionism and personality traits in self-critical prediction of students of Islamic Azad University of Tehran.

The method of this research is correlation and its statistical population is the students of Islamic Azad University of Tehran in 2020. The research sample was 350 people who were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling. Data collection tools were self-critical questionnaires, perfectionism and personality traits. The method of data analysis is structural equation modeling.

The results showed that personality traits and perfectionism significantly predict self-criticism. The results also showed that the model has an acceptable fit with the data. Perfectionism has a significant direct effect on its critical prediction. The indirect effect of perfectionism on self-criticism is mediated by positive and significant personality traits. There is also a significant negative relationship between extravagance, agreement, openness and conscientiousness with self-criticism and a significant positive relationship between neuroticism and self-criticism.

According to the research findings, the results showed that it can be used to reduce self-criticism by reducing perfectionism.