چکیده (انگلیسی):

This study was conducted to examine the relationships between positive and negative perfectionism of
mothers with depression, anxiety and stress of their daughters. The study was consisted of 200 students of third
grade high school girls and their mothers which were selected by a multi-stage random cluster sampling. In order
to evaluate mothers’ perfectionism, Terry-Short test and to assess depression, stress and anxiety, scale of
depression, anxiety and stress 21 were used. After data collection, descriptive and inferential statistics including
Pearson correlation and stepwise regression were conducted. Results showed that positive perfectionism of
mothers was not correlated significantly with their daughters’ depression, anxiety and stress. However, mothers’
negative perfectionism was associated positively with daughters’ depression, anxiety and stress which was
significant at 0.01 probability level. Analysis of stepwise regression showed that mothers’ perfectionism predicted
depression, anxiety, and stress of their daughters. It can be concluded that negative perfectionism of mothers can
directly and indirectly have negative effects on daughters and provide serious problems for them.