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Peer-reviewedCC BY-NC-NDPsikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar

Perfectionistic Motherhood and Adolescents’ Internalizing Problems: A Mediation Model Through Maternal Psychological Distress

  • Ayşenur Uyanık1
  • Servet Kaçar Başaran1
  • Rukiye Kızıltepe2
  1. 1PAMUKKALE ÜNİVERSİTESİ
  2. 2İZMİR BAKIRÇAY ÜNİVERSİTESİ
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Abstract

Objective: This study aims to investigate the mediating role of maternal psychological distress in the link between maternal perfectionism and adolescents’ internalizing problems. Method: The sample of the study consisted of 380 adolescents attending middle schools and their mothers. As data collection tools, mothers were administered a Demographic Information Form, the Multidimensional Parenting Perfectionism Scale (MPPS), and the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21); adolescents were administered a Demographic Information Form and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). Results: The results indicated that maternal perfectionism was positively associated with maternal psychological distress and with adolescents’ internalizing problems. A significant positive relationship was found between maternal psychological distress and adolescents’ internalizing problems. The indirect effect of maternal perfectionism on adolescents’ internalizing problems through maternal psychological distress was statistically significant (B = 0.01, Boot SE = 0.005, 95% CI [0.009, 0.03]). Conclusion: The findings suggest that parental perfectionism represents a critical mechanism in children’s psychological development. Maternal psychological distress also emerged as a salient factor within this model

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@article{uyanık2026perfectionistic,
  title = {{Perfectionistic Motherhood and Adolescents’ Internalizing Problems: A Mediation Model Through Maternal Psychological Distress}},
  author = {Ayşenur Uyanık and Servet Kaçar Başaran and Rukiye Kızıltepe},
  journal = {Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.18863/pgy.1899951},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.18863/pgy.1899951},
  note = {CC BY-NC-ND},
}
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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Perfectionistic Motherhood and Adolescents’ Internalizing Problems: A Mediation Model Through Maternal Psychological Distress
AU  - Ayşenur Uyanık
AU  - Servet Kaçar Başaran
AU  - Rukiye Kızıltepe
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/25
JO  - Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar
DO  - 10.18863/pgy.1899951
UR  - https://doi.org/10.18863/pgy.1899951
AB  - Objective: This study aims to investigate the mediating role of maternal psychological distress in the link between maternal perfectionism and adolescents’ internalizing problems. Method: The sample of the study consisted of 380 adolescents attending middle schools and their mothers. As data collection tools, mothers were administered a Demographic Information Form, the Multidimensional Parenting Perfectionism Scale (MPPS), and the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21); adolescents were administered a Demographic Information Form and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). Results: The results indicated that maternal perfectionism was positively associated with maternal psychological distress and with adolescents’ internalizing problems. A significant positive relationship was found between maternal psychological distress and adolescents’ internalizing problems. The indirect effect of maternal perfectionism on adolescents’ internalizing problems through maternal psychological distress was statistically significant (B = 0.01, Boot SE = 0.005, 95% CI [0.009, 0.03]). Conclusion: The findings suggest that parental perfectionism represents a critical mechanism in children’s psychological development. Maternal psychological distress also emerged as a salient factor within this model
SN  - 1309-0674
SN  - 1309-0658
ER  -