| Abstract [eng] |
It is established that self-compassion, mindfulness, and basic psychological needs help enhance subjective vitality. Meanwhile, perfectionism is correlated with lower vitality. There is no research yet that incorporates all of these constructs. As such, the aim of this research is to investigate the links between perfectionism, self-compassion, mindfulness, basic psychological needs, and subjective vitality, and to determine whether mindfulness and self-compassion based interventions can help improve subjective vitality of students exhibiting perfectionistic traits. Two studies were conducted. In the first, correlational study, 166 students participated. The constructs were measured using Almost Perfect Scale – Revised, Self-Compassion Scale - Short Form, Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, Subjective Vitality Scale, and Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction Scale. Adaptive perfectionists exhibited higher scores on all measured constructs compared to maladaptive perfectionists or non-perfectionists. This link between adaptive perfectionism and higher vitality is explained by greater tendency to be self-compassionate and by higher satisfaction of competence and relatedness needs. In the second, experimental study, 108 students participated. Constructs were measured using Almost Perfect Scale – Revised, Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction Scale, Mindful Attention Awareness Scale – State Version, State Self-Compassion Scale – Short Form, and Subjective Vitality Scale – State Version. The participants listened to one of the three interventions: autogenic training, mindfulness meditation, self-compassion meditation. In the maladaptive perfectionists sample, autogenic training enhanced vitality, while in the non-perfectionists sample, vitality was enhanced by mindfulness meditation. In adaptive perfectionists sample, no changes of vitality were observed. |
