Relationship between Academic Perfectionism and Depression: Role of Self Concealment among Students

The mediational role of self-concealment in relationship withAcademic Perfectionism and Depression is explored in the present study.A sample of students (N=200) was taken from various departments of the University of Sargodha using a purposive sampling technique. Self-concealment, academic perfectionism and depression were measured by using Urdu translated Self-Concealment Scale (SCS; Malik & Ghayas,2014) Academic Perfectionism Scale (APS; Malik & Ghayas, 2014) andUrdu translated depression subscale of DASS (Farooqi & Habib, 2010)respectively. Results indicated the academic perfectionism as asignificant positive predictor of self-concealment and depression.Furthermore, data analysis revealed that self-concealment was asignificant positive predictor of depression among university students.The results of this study also indicated that self-concealment also playsthe role of a mediator in the relationship between perfectionism anddepression. Non-significant gender differences were found in depressionamong university students. Moreover, the current study yielded that thelevel of self-concealment was higher among males than females, whereasthe level of academic perfectionism was higher among females ascompared to males.